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Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore Open this link in a new tab package, versions [1.2.0,1.4.2)

0.0
critical

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

  • Confidentiality

    High

  • Integrity

    High

  • Availability

    High

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-174449

  • published

    18 Apr 2019

  • disclosed

    13 Jan 2017

  • credit

    Unknown

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Introduced: 13 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-0028 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore to version 1.4.2 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). There is a use-after-free (UAF) bug in Parse.cpp which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the authenticated user.

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