CVE Record
[ HIGH ]CVE-2018-8174
Microsoft Windows VBScript Engine Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka "Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution"
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- 7.5
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 88.5%
- Status
- kevransomware use
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka “Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution”
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-02-15. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-08-15.
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