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Advisory details: gitlab / nuget/Microsoft.ChakraCore/CVE-2018-8279
Advisory ID gitlab/nuget/Microsoft.ChakraCore/CVE-2018-8279
Aliases CVE-2018-8279
Summary Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8125, CVE-2018-8262, CVE-2018-8274, CVE-2018-8275, CVE-2018-8301.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/Microsoft.ChakraCore/CVE-2018-8279.yml
cvssv3 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/Microsoft.ChakraCore/CVE-2018-8279.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45214/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104641
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041256
CVE-2018-8279 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8279
CVE-2018-8279 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8279
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Aug. 17, 2018
Description Microsoft Edge Chakra JIT - Parameter Scope Parsing Type Confusion
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Aug. 17, 2018
Exploit type dos
Platform windows
Source update date Aug. 19, 2018
Source URL https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1570

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/Microsoft.ChakraCore/CVE-2018-8279.yml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/Microsoft.ChakraCore/CVE-2018-8279.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

There are no SSVC decisions available.