PT-2016-2973 · Microsoft · Chakra Javascript Engine+1

Published 2016-11-08 · Updated 2025-02-10 · CVE-2016-7201

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

7.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the Chakra JavaScript engine of Microsoft Edge, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a specially crafted website.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

RCE

Type Confusion

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-843

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02404

CVE-2016-7201

GHSA-4F5G-J7WG-7W8J

Affected Products

Chakra Javascript Engine

Edge

References · 29

• 🔥 https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db/blob/master/chakra/CVE-2016-7201.md · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40990 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40784 · Exploit
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02404 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7201 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4f5g-j7wg-7w8j · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7201 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/c2787ef8fdb7401922e9ec6540e4e5895d11c631 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/1982 · Note
• https://cisa.gov/sites/default/files/csv/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.csv · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/110008 · Telegram Post
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211126224744/http://securitytracker.com/id/1037245 · Note