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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
CVE-2019-0655 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability Microsoft Edge Critical 13-02-2019

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system.

Detailed Information on the risk:
In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerability through Microsoft Edge and then convince a user to view the website. The attacker could also take advantage of compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements. These websites could contain specially crafted content that could exploit the vulnerability.

Further information on this exploit is available at : CVE-2019-0655

Affected Software


Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows Server 2016,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems,
Microsoft Edge on Windows Server 2019,
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems,
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