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7.5high

CVE-2016-7202in critical feed2 exploits

ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability

Also known as GHSA-mmfq-r3rg-8r7w

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
73.9%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

The scripting engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft Edge 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," as demonstrated by the Chakra JavaScript engine, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7200, CVE-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7240, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

73.94% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-40793 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine - Memory Corruption (MS16-129) · dos · 2016-11-21
  • EDB-40786 Microsoft Edge - 'Array.reverse' Overflow · dos · 2016-11-18

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
nugetMicrosoft.ChakraCore
<1.2.2
1.2.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40793/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-144 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40786/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/94042 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-16-593 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037245 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7202 · advisory
  • github.com /chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/2196 · web
  • github.com /chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/c2787ef8fdb7401922e9ec6540e4e5895d11c631 · web
  • github.com /chakra-core/ChakraCore · package
  • web.archive.org /web/20210123185141/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94042 · web
  • web.archive.org /web/20211126224744/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245 · web
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40786 · web
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40793 · web

Sources

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