CVE-2018-1004: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 18.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka "Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Internet Explorer 9, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 9 only
• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1511 only; version 1607 only; version 1703 only; version 1709 only
• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: affected versions not specified; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified

Published 2018-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.