PT-2018-1721 · Microsoft · Chakracore

Paul Leathers · Published 2018-10-09 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-8500

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ChakraCore (affected versions not specified)

Description: A remote code execution issue exists due to the way the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory. This can be described as a scripting engine memory corruption issue. The vulnerability is related to a buffer overflow in memory when handling JavaScript scripts, which can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01314

CVE-2018-8500

GHSA-FW42-4MQ4-4QPQ

Affected Products

Chakracore

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8500 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fw42-4mq4-4qpq · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01314 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/5764 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/cd84a0b85b4b2bcf1653c7bfd5426bbc72b2b216 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124210846/http://securityfocus.com/bid/105463 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105463 · Note