What is CVE-2024-38218?

CVE-2024-38218 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Edge Chromium, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2024-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-38218?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Edge Chromium

CVE-2024-38218

Microsoft Edge (HTML-based) Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published 2024-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Edge Chromium
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-Based) — versions 1.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38218 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38218?: CVE-2024-38218 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Edge Chromium, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2024-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-38218?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.