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CVE-2018-8512

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8512 is a security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Edge that allows specially crafted documents to circumvent the browser's Content Security Policy (CSP). This vulnerability affects Microsoft Edge running on Microsoft Windows 10. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

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

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0347 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 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 (9)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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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 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10951
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10952
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-11453
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-11454
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Oct/CVE-2018-8512Important

Microsoft Edge Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Oct 9, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8512
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105486
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041825
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry