PT-2017-2145 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2017-05-09 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2017-0236

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 Chakra JavaScript engine of Microsoft Edge, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause memory corruption. This could enable an attacker to take control of an affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights, especially if the current user has administrative privileges.

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

Exploit

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01338

CVE-2017-0236

GHSA-P3RW-88PP-W4JH

ZDI-17-464

Affected Products

Edge

References · 14

• 🔥 https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db/blob/master/chakra/CVE-2017-0236.md · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0236 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p3rw-88pp-w4jh · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0236 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0236 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01338 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-464 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/1ae7e3ce95515758b4cd7215cb4e48539a0f4031 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/2959 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211019191652/http://securitytracker.com/id/1038431 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210125194440/http://securityfocus.com/bid/98234 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038431 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98234 · Note