Type Confusion Affecting microsoft/chakracore package, versions [,1.8.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
94.8% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-2367618
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 May 2018

CVE-2018-8133  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade microsoft/chakracore to version 1.8.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Type Confusion. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka "Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-0943, CVE-2018-8130, CVE-2018-8145, CVE-2018-8177.

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