CVE-2018-8510 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Chakra scripting engine affecting Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore, stemming from how it handles objects in memory. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires user interaction and has high attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, including its mention in Microsoft's October 2018 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:chakracore:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.