PT-2020-2223 · Microsoft · Chakracore+1

Published 2020-04-14 · Updated 2025-10-29 · CVE-2020-0970

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 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 could allow an attacker to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the 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

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02139

CVE-2020-0970

GHSA-233H-59M2-QQF2

Affected Products

Chakracore

Edge

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-233h-59m2-qqf2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0970 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0970 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02139 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0970 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0970 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/6420 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/892e45ff85ed4e3899371eca950a7fb4810bde37 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118256 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140798 · Telegram Post