Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore package, versions [1.2.0,1.4.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.97% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-174449
  • published18 Apr 2019
  • disclosed13 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-0028  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens 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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