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CVE-2018-8653

CVE-2018-8653HIGH

Microsoft Internet Explorer

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   H   N   R  U  H  H  H    7.5   .2961   98.1   YES

AFFECTED
  Product               Versions                                                 Fixed
  Internet Explorer 9   Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 –  —
  Internet Explorer 11  Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems –                          —
  Internet Explorer 10  Windows Server 2012 –                                    —

TIMELINE
  Mar 14  Reserved by microsoft
  Dec 20  Published (CNA: microsoft)
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

CWE-787 · CNA: microsoft · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · KEV due May 3, 2022

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8643.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
March 14, 2018	Reserved	Reserved by microsoft
December 20, 2018	Published	Published (CNA: microsoft)
November 3, 2021	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

Affected

Affected products and packages — 3 rows
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Microsoft	Internet Explorer 9	—	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2	—
Microsoft	Internet Explorer 11	—	Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems	—
Microsoft	Internet Explorer 10	—	Windows Server 2012	—

Weaknesses

CWE-787

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106255 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8653 [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-8653 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2018-8653 at cve.org

Vendors: microsoft

Weaknesses: CWE-787

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2018-8653 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, October 7, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.