Microsoft Edge/ChakraCore Chakra Scripting Engine memory corruption

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore (Web Browser) (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component Chakra Scripting Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 05/14/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-0912. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/14/2019). The advisory points out:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at 134686, 134687, 134688 and 134689.

Vendor

• Microsoft

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• Edge
• ChakraCore

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 4.2
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Class: Memory corruption (CWE-119)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Exposure Time: ?05/14/2019 Advisory disclosed
05/14/2019 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
05/14/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/14/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-0912 (?)
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Created: 05/14/2019 09:11 PM
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