GHSA-wgw2-wwq8-c7wf

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    GHSA-wgw2-wwq8-c7wf

    Published: 13 May 2022Last Modified: 22 Oct 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2018-8298

    Summary: ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability

    Details: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8242, CVE-2018-8283, CVE-2018-8287, CVE-2018-8288, CVE-2018-8291, CVE-2018-8296.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8298, https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/5444, https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/cb9957e2763c36dbd12afa5c9261465159e16c86, https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore, https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8298, https://web.archive.org/web/20210124183835/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104639, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-8298, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45217

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: Microsoft.ChakraCore

    Purl: pkg:nuget/Microsoft.ChakraCore

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.10.1

    Affected versions

    1.10.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High