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CVE-2018-8278

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8278 is a medium-severity spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, affecting Microsoft Windows 10, where the browser improperly handles specific HTML content. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into interacting with specially crafted content, potentially leading to information disclosure or integrity compromise. While the CVSS score is 6.1, indicating a moderate risk, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog. Despite this, the vulnerability received notable community discussion and media coverage during its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0641 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-11497
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-11498
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Jul/CVE-2018-8278Important

Microsoft Edge Spoofing Vulnerability

Jul 10, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8278
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104627
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041255
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry