CVE-2018-8500 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the ChakraCore scripting engine, stemming from memory corruption when handling objects. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.8. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness despite inactive exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:chakracore:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.