CVE-2018-8359 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8353, CVE-2018-8355, CVE-2018-8371, CVE-2018-8372, CVE-2018-8373, CVE-2018-8385, CVE-2018-8389, CVE-2018-8390.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12148.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Chakracore

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:chakracore:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104990
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041457
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8359

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.07256}`	epss `{'score': 0.07004}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2018-08-15T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:54:35.965Z

Reserved: 2018-03-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8359

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-15T17:29:06.080

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:13:41.080

Link: CVE-2018-8359

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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