Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore.vc140 package, versions [1.4.1,1.5.2)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
7.42% (95th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACOREVC140-174402
- published 18 Apr 2019
- disclosed 13 Jun 2017
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 13 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-8520 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore.vc140 to version 1.5.2 or higher.
Overview
Microsoft.ChakraCore.vc140 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). An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user because of use-after-free bug. ServerScriptContext
is freed before being unregistered.
Note: This CVE ID is different from CVE-2017-8499, CVE-2017-8521, CVE-2017-8548, and CVE-2017-8549.