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CVE-2017-8658

Chakracore vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
20.1%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra JavaScript engine renders when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Chakracore
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2017-08-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 20.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-8658

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Chakracore is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-8658.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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