CVE-2018-8227 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Chakra scripting engine affecting Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore, stemming from how it handles objects in memory. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100 and notable community discussion, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:chakracore:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.