CVE-2018-8298

HighCVSS 7.5/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8242, CVE-2018-8283, CVE-2018-8287, CVE-2018-8288, CVE-2018-8291, CVE-2018-8296.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-843

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 11, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV
Mar 3, 2022
NVD status
Analyzed

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