PT-2018-1339 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer+3

Published 2018-05-08 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-0954

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 Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the ChakraCore JavaScript engine, which can lead to remote code execution. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user by using a specially crafted web page or Microsoft Office document. If the current 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

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00838

CVE-2018-0954

GHSA-H5HW-QRRW-VFXG

Affected Products

Chakracore

Edge

Internet Explorer

Office

References · 13

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0954 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0954 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00838 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0954 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h5hw-qrrw-vfxg · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0954 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/51c46371c917e87bbde77d66abba088309d96a3f · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124164423/http://securityfocus.com/bid/103991 · Note
• https://fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/46020/ms-edge-cve-2018-0954-memory-corruption · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103991 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040844 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211204185256/http://securitytracker.com/id/1040844 · Note