CVE-2018-8359 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2018-08-15

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 28.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

ChakraCore

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`ChakraCore`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-38r7-rv5p-ggwq	ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability

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 0.284.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Chakracore

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2018-08-15T17:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2018-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-8359

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2018-8359

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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