CVE-2018-8298: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

July 11, 2018 (updated August 24, 2020)

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-2018-8242, CVE-2018-8283, CVE-2018-8287, CVE-2018-8288, CVE-2018-8291, CVE-2018-8296.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/104639
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8298
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8298
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45217/

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