PT-2018-1344 · Microsoft · Edge

Lucas Pinheiro · Published 2018-05-08 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-0943

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 a remote code execution problem in the Chakra scripting engine of Microsoft Edge, caused by a buffer overflow in memory when handling JavaScript scripts. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a user's system by using a specially crafted web page. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the 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

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00843

CVE-2018-0943

GHSA-7724-427R-8RVM

Affected Products

Edge

References · 13

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0943 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0943 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00843 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0943 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7724-427r-8rvm · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0943 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/32ee5de20ce5b5c9332044039fea07616d76469d · Note
• https://fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/endpoint-vuln/49414/microsoft-chakra-scripting-engine-memory-corruption-vulnerability · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210419155416/https://securityfocus.com/bid/103980 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211204185256/https://securitytracker.com/id/1040844 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103980 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040844 · Note