CVE-2018-8551

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka "Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8541, CVE-2018-8542, CVE-2018-8543, CVE-2018-8555, CVE-2018-8556, CVE-2018-8557, CVE-2018-8588.

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

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 14, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-8551: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix