CVE-2018-8229: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

June 14, 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 Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8227.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/104369
www.securitytracker.com/id/1041097
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8229
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8229
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45013/

Code Behaviors & Features

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