A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka 'Scripti…

published 2019-03-05 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-1405

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 11.1%; EPSS 11.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 0; none known

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0590, CVE-2019-0591, CVE-2019-0593, CVE-2019-0605, CVE-2019-0607, CVE-2019-0610, CVE-2019-0640, CVE-2019-0644, CVE-2019-0651, CVE-2019-0652, CVE-2019-0655.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

microsoft chakracore 1.11.6

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0642 advisory

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Exploit prediction

11.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% 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 Microsoft Edge
Microsoft ChakraCore

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0642
patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/106911
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-0642
NVD CVE-2019-0642

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