ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability

Also known as GHSA-gxxx-j8m7-hh7m

Published 8 y ago 2018-07-11 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

21.2%

percentile 98%

Public exploits

none known

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka "Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8280, CVE-2018-8286, CVE-2018-8290.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

21.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

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`
GitHub	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
nuget	`Microsoft.ChakraCore`	<1.10.1	1.10.1

Affected products

Microsoft Microsoft Edge
Microsoft ChakraCore

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8294 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1041256 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/104646 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8294 · advisory
github.com /chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/5444 · web
github.com /chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/7af07fdfb3cf3ac2b21dd71bf565ab1135e62d4d · web
github.com /chakra-core/ChakraCore · package
web.archive.org /web/20210124183944/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104646 · web
web.archive.org /web/20211202002348/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041256 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-8294
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-gxxx-j8m7-hh7m
NVD: CVE-2018-8294

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Summary