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CVE-2018-8403

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8403 is a remote code execution vulnerability, dubbed "Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability," affecting Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 10 and 11 across various Windows operating systems. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely with high attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 86/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article mentioning its fix in the August 2018 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
12.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1255 is in the 77th 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 (53)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10555-10378
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10951
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10952
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-11497
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-11498
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-11453
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-11454
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10729
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10735
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10852
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10853
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10816
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10047
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10048
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10481
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10482
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10484
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10051
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10483
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10951
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10952
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10729
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10735
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10852
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10853
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10816
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 10 on Windows Server 2012
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2016
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows RT 8.1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2012 R2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2016
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Aug/CVE-2018-8403Moderate

Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Aug 14, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8403
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105033
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041457
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry