Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information, gain privileges and execute arbitrary code.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

1. Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in Chakra scripting engine can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code;
2. Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely to obtain sensitive information;
3. Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in scripting engine can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code;
4. Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in scripting engine can be exploited remotely to obtain sensitive information;
5. A unspecified vulnerability can be exploited remotely to gain priveleges;

Technical details

Vulnerabilities (1), (3) affects only Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update (Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel)

CVE-2018-0872
CVE-2018-0873
CVE-2018-0874
CVE-2018-0876
CVE-2018-0879
CVE-2018-0889
CVE-2018-0891
CVE-2018-0893
CVE-2018-0927
CVE-2018-0929
CVE-2018-0930
CVE-2018-0931
CVE-2018-0932
CVE-2018-0933
CVE-2018-0934
CVE-2018-0935
CVE-2018-0936
CVE-2018-0937
CVE-2018-0939
CVE-2018-0942

CVE-2018-0942
CVE-2018-0939
CVE-2018-0937
CVE-2018-0936
CVE-2018-0935
CVE-2018-0934
CVE-2018-0933
CVE-2018-0932
CVE-2018-0931
CVE-2018-0930
CVE-2018-0929
CVE-2018-0927
CVE-2018-0893
CVE-2018-0891
CVE-2018-0889
CVE-2018-0879
CVE-2018-0876
CVE-2018-0874
CVE-2018-0873
CVE-2018-0872

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