Buffer overflow in Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore - CVE-2019-0771

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Buffer overflow in Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore - CVE-2019-0771

Published: March 13, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17961
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0771
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web oage, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Microsoft Edge
ChakraCore

How to mitigate CVE-2019-0771

Install updates from vendor's website.


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