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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CVE-2018-8653
Listed in CISA KEV · added 3 Nov 2021 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to how the Scripting Engine handles objects in memory, leading to remote code execution.
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A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11…