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Chakra Scripting Engine and ChakraCore Vulnerable to Memory Corruption

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

nuget Microsoft.ChakraCore (NuGet)

Affected versions

<= 1.11.24

Patched versions

None

Description

Chakra Scripting Engine and ChakraCore are vulnerable to memory corruption due to an out-of-bounds write. The Microsoft advisory for CVE-2021-42279 was modified in August 2022 to include Microsoft.ChakraCore as an affected product.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 10, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Aug 30, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

5.736%
(94th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-42279

GHSA ID

GHSA-jgrp-6qqq-3284

Source code

No known source code
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