CVE-2018-8653CISA KEV

Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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CISA catalog record

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to how the Scripting Engine handles objects in memory, leading to remote code execution.

Product: Internet Explorer
Added to KEV: 3 Nov 2021
Federal remediation due: 3 May 2022
Known ransomware use: Not reported

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Internet Explorer 9

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "product": "Internet Explorer 9",
                    "vendor": "Microsoft",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2"
                        }
                    ]
                }

Internet Explorer 11

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "product": "Internet Explorer 11",
                    "vendor": "Microsoft",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 for x64-based Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows RT 8.1"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows Server 2012 R2"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows Server 2016"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows Server 2019"
                        }
                    ]
                }

Internet Explorer 10

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Publisher's version information

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{
                    "product": "Internet Explorer 10",
                    "vendor": "Microsoft",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Windows Server 2012"
                        }
                    ]
                }

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