CVE-2017-11916
HighSummary
ChakraCore allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, known as 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'.
Risk Assessment
This vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain control over the system, posing a serious threat to data security and system integrity.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update to the latest version of ChakraCore to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for potential exploitation attempts.
Other vulnerabilities in ChakraCore
See all- CVE-2017-11801High
ChakraCore allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, known as 'Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- CVE-2017-11797High
ChakraCore allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, known as 'Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- CVE-2020-1065Medium
Remote code execution vulnerability in the ChakraCore scripting engine. An attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, potentially leading to system compromise if the user has administrative rights.
- CVE-2017-11767Critical
ChakraCore allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory.
- CVE-2023-37143Medium
A segmentation violation was discovered in the master branch of ChakraCore cbb9b via the function BackwardPass::IsEmptyLoopAfterMemOp().
- CVE-2023-37142Medium
A segmentation violation was discovered in the master branch of ChakraCore cbb9b via the function Js::EntryPointInfo::HasInlinees().
- CVE-2023-37141Medium
A segmentation violation was discovered in the ChakraCore master branch cbb9b via the function Js::ProfilingHelpers::ProfiledNewScArray().
- CVE-2023-37140Medium
A segmentation violation was discovered in the ChakraCore master branch cbb9b via the function Js::DiagScopeVariablesWalker::GetChildrenCount().
- CVE-2023-37139Medium
A stack overflow vulnerability was discovered in the ChakraCore master branch cbb9b via the function Js::ScopeSlots::IsDebuggerScopeSlotArray().
Original NVD description (English source)
ChakraCore allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11886, CVE-2017-11889, CVE-2017-11890, CVE-2017-11893, CVE-2017-11894, CVE-2017-11895, CVE-2017-11901, CVE-2017-11903, CVE-2017-11905, CVE-2017-11905, CVE-2017-11907, CVE-2017-11908, CVE-2017-11909, CVE-2017-11910, CVE-2017-11911, CVE-2017-11912, CVE-2017-11913, CVE-2017-11914, CVE-2017-11918, and CVE-2017-11930.