CVE-2018-8262 Memory corruption in Microsoft Edge

What is CVE-2018-8262?

CVE-2018-8262 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, published on 11 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8125, CVE-2018-8274, CVE-2018-8275, CVE-2018-8279, CVE-2018-8301.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8262?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Edge.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8262?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8262 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-8262 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8262 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge

• CVE-2021-26411 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7200 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7201 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-0037 Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Type Confusion Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2016-3351 Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge Information Disclosure Exploited Medium 6.5

All Microsoft Edge vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fgfh-24j7-9r3h.