Information Exposure Affecting microsoft.chakracore Open this link in a new tab package, versions [,1.7.4)
Attack Complexity
High
User Interaction
Required
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snyk-id
SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-174201
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published
15 Apr 2019
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disclosed
14 Nov 2017
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credit
Hui Gao of Palo Alto Networks
Introduced: 14 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-11791 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore to version 1.7.4 or higher.
Overview
Microsoft.ChakraCore is the core part of the Chakra Javascript engine that powers Microsoft Edge.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the scripting engine does not properly handle objects in memory in Microsoft browsers. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.