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CVE-2018-8653

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
0.24305
Risk score
63.51
CISA KEV
Yes
PoC
No
Published
2018-12-20
Modified
2025-10-21
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2018-20264, GHSA-HXXF-H94R-73MV
Products
Microsoft:Internet Explorer, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 10 Windows Server 2012, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows RT 8.1, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows Server 2016, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 11 Windows Server 2019, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 9 Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2, Microsoft:Internet Explorer 9 Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Sources
cisa.gov CVE-2018-8653
euvd EUVD-2018-20264

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8643.

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