CVE-2018-0772: Out-of-bounds Write

January 4, 2018 (updated August 24, 2020)

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server and R2 SP1, Windows and Windows RT, Windows Server and R2, and Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge in Windows Gold, and Windows Server allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka “Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability”. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-0758, CVE-2018-0762, CVE-2018-0768, CVE-2018-0769, CVE-2018-0770, CVE-2018-0773, CVE-2018-0774, CVE-2018-0775, CVE-2018-0776, CVE-2018-0777, CVE-2018-0778, and CVE-2018-0781.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/102409
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040099
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040100
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0772
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0772

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