PT-2018-1280 · Microsoft · Chakracore+1

Published 2018-04-10 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-0979

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) ChakraCore (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in memory, which can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted web page. This could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the 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 For Microsoft Edge, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For ChakraCore, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00756

CVE-2018-0979

GHSA-25VH-GQ6V-HRX5

Affected Products

Chakracore

Edge

References · 11

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0979 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0979 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0979 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-25vh-gq6v-hrx5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00756 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/26371402f106e81797122f5b4bbd9f5e54bd2553 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103625 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210126222855/http://securityfocus.com/bid/103625 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040650 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211207123630/http://securitytracker.com/id/1040650 · Note