A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scri…

published 2018-05-09 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-19790

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 15.7%; EPSS 15.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 0; none known

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 11. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-0945, CVE-2018-0946, CVE-2018-0951, CVE-2018-0953, CVE-2018-0954, CVE-2018-0955, CVE-2018-1022, CVE-2018-8122, CVE-2018-8128, CVE-2018-8137, CVE-2018-8139.

Patch / fix

links 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8114 advisory

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Exploit prediction

15.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.6	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8114
patch, vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1040846
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/103994
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-8114
NVD CVE-2018-8114

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