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ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 24, 2023

Package

nuget Microsoft.ChakraCore (NuGet)

Affected versions

< 1.4.4

Patched versions

1.4.4

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Chakra Core in the way JavaScript engines render when handling objects in memory. aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This vulnerability is unique from CVE-2017-0223.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 15, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 27, 2023
Last updated Oct 24, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-0252

GHSA ID

GHSA-ghwq-7v3r-5433

Source code

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