Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore.vc140 package, versions [1.4.1,1.4.4)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
12.01% (96th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACOREVC140-174419
- published 18 Apr 2019
- disclosed 12 May 2017
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 12 May 2017
CVE-2017-0229 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore.vc140 to version 1.4.4 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). A malicious user may be allowed to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory.
Note: This CVE ID is different from CVE-2017-0224, CVE-2017-0228, CVE-2017-0230, CVE-2017-0234, CVE-2017-0235, CVE-2017-0236, and CVE-2017-0238.