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

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 96.2% (100th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-174580
  • published 5 May 2019
  • disclosed 9 May 2018
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 9 May 2018

CVE-2018-0953 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore to version 1.8.4 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.