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CVE-2017-11838: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

November 15, 2017 (updated December 1, 2017)

ChakraCore and Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server R2 SP1, Windows and Windows RT, Windows Server R2, and Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer in Windows Gold, Windows Server and Windows Server 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”. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11836, CVE-2017-11837, 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, CVE-2017-11871, and CVE-2017-11873.

References

  • www.securityfocus.com/bid/101737
  • www.securitytracker.com/id/1039780
  • www.securitytracker.com/id/1039781
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11838
  • portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11838

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

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

Source file

nuget/Microsoft.ChakraCore/CVE-2017-11838.yml

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