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CVE-2018-8296

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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 11. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8242, CVE-2018-8283, CVE-2018-8287, CVE-2018-8288, CVE-2018-8291, CVE-2018-8298.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 11

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104638
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041258
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8296
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104638
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041258
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8296

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