PT-2018-1470 · Microsoft · Chakracore+2

Lokihardt + 2 · Published 2018-08-14 · Updated 2025-10-28 · CVE-2018-8372

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 and Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the ChakraCore JavaScript engine, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the help of a specially crafted web page. This could corrupt memory, enabling the attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user. 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

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01021

CVE-2018-8372

GHSA-P349-Q795-QJ4Q

Affected Products

Chakracore

Edge

Internet Explorer

References · 15

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p349-q795-qj4q · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8372 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8372 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01021 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8372 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/5596 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/91bb6d68bfe0455cde08aaa5fbc3f2e4f6cc9d04 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211203061111/http://securitytracker.com/id/1041457 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105038 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041457 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118251 · Telegram Post
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124195605/http://securityfocus.com/bid/105038 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140660 · Telegram Post