chakra-core/chakracore · Security
ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-wm27-49x2-mg9q
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-3259
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 8.8 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 8.8 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
The Microsoft (1) JScript 9, (2) VBScript, and (3) Chakra JavaScript engines, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11, Microsoft Edge, and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3248.
CWEs
- CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3259 ↗
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-084 ↗
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-085 ↗
- https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/1291 ↗
- https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/17f3d4a4852dcc9e48de7091685b1862afb9f307 ↗
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210125172712/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91581 ↗
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211202003833/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036283 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wm27-49x2-mg9q ↗