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Vulnerability · CVE-2019-1429

Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published Nov 12, 2019 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Internet Explorer

Patch now

CVE-2019-1429 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Internet Explorer against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
77.29%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/internet explorer · vendor Microsoft Internet Explorer

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1426, CVE-2019-1427, CVE-2019-1428.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer10
  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer11
  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer9
  • vendor Microsoft Internet Explorerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2019-1429

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2019-1429 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Internet Explorer against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with microsoft/internet explorer 10; microsoft/internet explorer 11; microsoft/internet explorer 9. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-416: Use After Free; CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 77.29%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 12, 2019 · Catalog

    Detected

    A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1426, CVE-2019-1427, CVE-2019-1428.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1426, CVE-2019-1427, CVE-2019-1428.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-1429

    Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution in the context of the current user.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-1429

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-1429

    30-day exploitation probability 77.3%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference47707

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-1429

    A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1426, CVE-2019-1427, CVE-2019-1428.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155433/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-Use-After-Free.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-1429

    Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution in the context of the current user.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.