PT-2017-2142 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2017-05-09 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2017-0224

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 The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the JavaScript engine of Microsoft Edge, potentially allowing a remote 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 affected 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

BDU:2017-01335

CVE-2017-0224

GHSA-68CP-H96V-GG3X

Affected Products

Edge

References · 10

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0224 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0224 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0224 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01335 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-68cp-h96v-gg3x · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/2959 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/f022afb8246acc98e74a887bb655ac512caf6e72 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98214 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124043822/http://securityfocus.com/bid/98214 · Note