Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore package, versions [1.2.0,1.4.2)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
36.17% (98th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-174449
- published 18 Apr 2019
- disclosed 13 Jan 2017
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 13 Jan 2017
CVE-2017-0028 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore to version 1.4.2 or higher.
Overview
Microsoft.ChakraCore is the core part of the Chakra Javascript engine that powers Microsoft Edge.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). There is a use-after-free (UAF) bug in Parse.cpp
which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the authenticated user.