CVE-2018-0891

MEDIUM

Microsoft Internet Explorer - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

ChakraCore, and Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, and Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016 allow information disclosure, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-0939.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Google Security Research · javascriptdoswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44312

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103309

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040507

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0891

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44312/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.5655

EPSS Percentile 98.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Products (4)

microsoft/edge

microsoft/internet_explorer 9

microsoft/internet_explorer 10

microsoft/internet_explorer 11

Published Mar 14, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026