An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-1021.
Existe una vulnerabilidad de divulgación de información cuando Microsoft Edge gestiona incorrectamente los objetos en la memoria. Esto también se conoce como "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". Esto afecta a Microsoft Edge. El ID de este CVE es diferente de CVE-2018-1021.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Edge. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within OutputElement::DoReset. By manipulating a document's elements, an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.