Vulnerability CVE-2018-8298
Published: 2018-07-10   Modified: 2018-07-11

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Microsoft Edge Chakra InitializeNumberFormat / InitializeDateTimeFormat Type Confusion
Google Security ...
17.08.2018

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.6/10
10/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Chakracore 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104639
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8298
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45217/
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