CVE-2017-11871
Chakra Core vulnerable to privilege escalation due to reading an invalid pointer
Description
ChakraCore and Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1703, 1709, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". When trying to get `inlineCache`s for a `ScriptFunctionWithInlineCache`, if the function got redefered and was not reparsed, the function body (and `inlineCache` on function body) won’t be there, potentially leading to a privilege escalation. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11836, CVE-2017-11837, CVE-2017-11838, CVE-2017-11839, CVE-2017-11840, CVE-2017-11841, CVE-2017-11843, CVE-2017-11846, CVE-2017-11858, CVE-2017-11859, CVE-2017-11861, CVE-2017-11862, CVE-2017-11866, CVE-2017-11869, CVE-2017-11870, and CVE-2017-11873.
How to fix CVE-2017-11871
To remediate CVE-2017-11871, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.7.4 or later
Is CVE-2017-11871 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 20.5%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.7.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |