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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-8178

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft browsers access objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge.

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CVE-2018-8178
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1 Nov 2026, 04:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-8178

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 May 2018, 19:29 UTC

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft browsers access objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge.

osv:CVE-2018-8178
Complete source record
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