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CVE-2018-0933

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 66.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

ChakraCore and Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote code execution, due to how the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-0872, CVE-2018-0873, CVE-2018-0874, CVE-2018-0930, CVE-2018-0931, CVE-2018-0934, CVE-2018-0936, and CVE-2018-0937.

Affected products

• Microsoft ChakraCore: before 1.8.2 — fixed in 1.8.2
• Microsoft Edge: all versions
• Microsoft Edge: ChakraCore, Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016.

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft ChakraCore 1.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103274
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040507
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0933
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44396/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103274
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040507
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0933
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44396/

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