Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore.vc140 package, versions [1.4.1,1.4.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
31.64% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACOREVC140-174446
  • published18 Apr 2019
  • disclosed15 May 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 May 2017

CVE-2017-0252  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How 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 remote attacker may be able to execute code in the context of the current authenticated user due to heap overflow in CopyNativeIntArrayElementsToVar.

Note: This vulnerability is different from CVE-2017-0223.

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