CVE-2018-8236

30

FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8236 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, stemming from improper memory access, and affects Microsoft Edge, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2016. It carries a high CVSS score of 7.5 due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires user interaction and has high attack complexity. While not currently on the CISA KEV list or having public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.6

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

13.41%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

96.0%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1341 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (23)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-10951

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-10952

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-11497

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-11498

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-11453

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-11454

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-10729

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-10735

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-10852

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-10853

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 10724-10816

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2016

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Jun/CVE-2018-8236Critical

Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8236

PatchVendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/104336

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1041097

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry