CVE-2017-8540

CVE-2017-8540 affects Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MMPE) across Forefront/Defender deployments. The weakness arises from a use-after-free in the garbage collection system managing JavaScript objects during scanning of specially crafted files, enabling memory corruption and potential remot...

CVE-2018-0986

CVE-2018-0986 (Microsoft Malware Protection Engine RCE) arises when the engine fails to properly scan a specially crafted file, causing memory corruption. This enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code with Local System privileges on affected systems, potentially taking control. Affected prod...