CVE-2018-8541 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Chakra scripting engine, affecting Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore. It stems from how the engine handles objects in memory, leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a high potential for impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, though it requires user interaction and has high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, despite some community discussion and media coverage.
| 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.