PT-2017-12296 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2017-12-12 · Updated 2022-05-14 · CVE-2017-11905

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the system, install programs, view, change or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

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

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-11905

GHSA-72GM-PP6Q-GPX5

Affected Products

Edge

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11905 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-72gm-pp6q-gpx5 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11905 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/d97375c40cfd2b2376a5c4b6cd34098e1e99e1f1 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/4411 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039990 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102050 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210829201729/http://securitytracker.com/id/1039990 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124122448/http://securityfocus.com/bid/102050 · Note