ChakraCore and Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitra…

Published 9 y ago 2017-10-13 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

68.0%

percentile 99%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

ChakraCore and Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11792, CVE-2017-11793, CVE-2017-11796, CVE-2017-11797, CVE-2017-11798, CVE-2017-11799, CVE-2017-11800, CVE-2017-11801, CVE-2017-11802, CVE-2017-11804, CVE-2017-11805, CVE-2017-11806, CVE-2017-11807, CVE-2017-11808, CVE-2017-11810, CVE-2017-11811, CVE-2017-11812, and CVE-2017-11821.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

68.03% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-42999 Microsoft Edge Chakra - 'StackScriptFunction::BoxState::Box' Accesses to Uninitialized Pointers (Denial of Service) · dos · 2017-10-17

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.6	`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation ChakraCore, Microsoft Edge

Classification

Weakness

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

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11809 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/101137 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/42999/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1039532 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-11809
NVD: CVE-2017-11809

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Summary