PT-2018-2023 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2018-12-11 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-8629

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, which can cause memory corruption. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user by using a specially crafted web page. If the current 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 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:2018-01639

CVE-2018-8629

GHSA-W9RV-WWXR-VC3Q

Affected Products

Edge

References · 10

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8629 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8629 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01639 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8629 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8629 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w9rv-wwxr-vc3q · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/5869 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/69a259c8c3993b23a9e33772fc5a5bfd22466bd5 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106115 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124222857/http://securityfocus.com/bid/106115 · Note