CVE-2018-8359

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last 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-2018-8353, CVE-2018-8355, CVE-2018-8371, CVE-2018-8372, CVE-2018-8373, CVE-2018-8385, CVE-2018-8389, CVE-2018-8390.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	ChakraCore	ChakraCore

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041457Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8359Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041457Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8359Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 15, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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