CVE-2017-8671
HIGHMicrosoft Edge - Remote Code Execution via JavaScript Engine Memory Corruption
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-8671. PoCs published by Google Security Research.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a vulnerability in ChakraCore's JavaScript engine where the `CallFlags_ExtraArg` flag causes `args.Info.Count` to be decremented twice, leading to an incorrect argument count. The exploit uses a Proxy to trigger the flag, resulting in a type confusion or memory corruption scenario.
Description
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way that Microsoft browser JavaScript engines render content when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8634, CVE-2017-8635, CVE-2017-8636, CVE-2017-8638, CVE-2017-8639, CVE-2017-8640, CVE-2017-8641, CVE-2017-8645, CVE-2017-8646, CVE-2017-8647, CVE-2017-8655, CVE-2017-8656, CVE-2017-8657, CVE-2017-8670, CVE-2017-8672, and CVE-2017-8674.
Exploits (1)
This PoC exploits a vulnerability in ChakraCore's JavaScript engine where the `CallFlags_ExtraArg` flag causes `args.Info.Count` to be decremented twice, leading to an incorrect argument count. The exploit uses a Proxy to trigger the flag, resulting in a type confusion or memory corruption scenario.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H