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CVE-2019-0938

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge that could allow an attacker to escape from the AppContainer sandbox in the browser, aka 'Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: all versions
• Microsoft Edge: Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 for x64-based Systems, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems (+11)
• Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems: all versions
• Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems: all versions
• Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems: all versions

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0938
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0938

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