CVE-2018-8384: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

August 15, 2018 (updated August 24, 2020)

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka “Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability.” This affects ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8266, CVE-2018-8380, CVE-2018-8381.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/104981
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8384
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8384
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45431/

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