PT-2018-2111 · Microsoft · Edge

Qixun Zhao · Published 2018-12-11 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-8583

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 errors in the mechanisms for processing objects in memory in the ChakraCore component of Microsoft Edge. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user by using a specially crafted website. If the current user has administrative rights, a successful exploitation could give the attacker control over 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

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00062

CVE-2018-8583

GHSA-Q4QJ-2F5M-98GC

Affected Products

Edge

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8583 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8583 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8583 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q4qj-2f5m-98gc · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00062 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/8d21cde342a4e826d96eb4ac85241f876b879aed · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/5869 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124222840/http://securityfocus.com/bid/106111 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106111 · Note