Actively exploited in the wild
ChakraCore Scripting Engine Type Confusion Vulnerability
ChakraCore - ChakraCore scripting engine · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2022-03-03. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
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CVE-2018-8298
HighCVSS 7.5KEVSummary
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory. This affects ChakraCore.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could remotely execute arbitrary code in the context of a process using ChakraCore, potentially leading to system compromise.
Recommendation
Update ChakraCore to a version containing the security fix.
Other vulnerabilities in ChakraCore
See all- CVE-2017-11916High
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'.
- 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)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8242, CVE-2018-8283, CVE-2018-8287, CVE-2018-8288, CVE-2018-8291, CVE-2018-8296.