Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore package, versions [1.2.0,1.5.2)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-174388
- published 18 Apr 2019
- disclosed 13 Jun 2017
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 13 Jun 2017
CVE-2018-8548 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore to version 1.5.2 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 Remote Code Execution (RCE). An attacker is able to run arbitrary code in the context of an authenticated user because the scripting engine renders content improperly when handling objects in memory.
Note: This CVE ID is different from CVE-2017-8499, CVE-2017-8520, CVE-2017-8521, and CVE-2017-8549.