Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting microsoft.chakracore package, versions [,1.8.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
91.44% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-174580
  • published5 May 2019
  • disclosed9 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 May 2018

CVE-2018-0953  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore to version 1.8.4 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 Arbitrary Code Execution. This is due to a type confusion vulnerability in Chakra JIT which could lead to memory corruption and allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the authenticated user.

Note: This CVE ID is different from CVE-2018-0945, CVE-2018-0946, CVE-2018-0951, CVE-2018-0954, CVE-2018-0955, CVE-2018-1022, CVE-2018-8114, CVE-2018-8122, CVE-2018-8128, CVE-2018-8137, CVE-2018-8139.

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