PT-2017-2146 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2017-05-09 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2017-0235

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, potentially allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or corrupt memory. If successfully exploited, an attacker could gain control of the 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.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01339

CVE-2017-0235

GHSA-RM8G-7G54-W6FH

Affected Products

Edge

References · 10

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0235 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01339 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0235 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rm8g-7g54-w6fh · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0235 · Security Note
• 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
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124044045/http://securityfocus.com/bid/98230 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98230 · Note