PT-2017-3279 · Microsoft · Chakracore+1

Published 2017-11-14 · Updated 2022-05-23 · CVE-2017-11871

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 related to the improper handling of objects in memory by the JavaScript ChakraCore and Microsoft Edge browsers. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the affected system, enabling them to 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:2018-00043

CVE-2017-11871

GHSA-43QP-HPHF-5RJW

Affected Products

Chakracore

Edge

References · 13

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11871 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11871 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11871 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11871 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-43qp-hphf-5rjw · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00043 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/4226 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/9d211a417757ba1ddcd0f2e72d9553535256107e · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101730 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039780 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210517135249/http://securitytracker.com/id/1039780 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124114740/http://securityfocus.com/bid/101730 · Note