Microsoft Edge/ChakraCore Chakra Scripting Engine memory corruption

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore (Web Browser) (version unknown). Affected is a 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 presented 05/14/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-0915. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (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.

See 134685, 134686, 134687 and 134689 for similar entries.

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-2019-0915 (?)
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Created: 05/14/2019 09:14 PM
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