Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore package, versions [,1.11.21)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.71% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-598868
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed18 Aug 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-1555  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore to version 1.11.21 or higher.

Overview

Microsoft.ChakraCore is a core part of the Chakra Javascript engine that powers Microsoft Edge

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based).

Note: This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1380, CVE-2020-1570.

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