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High · 7.5 Public exploit CVE-2016-7189 EUVD-2022-5415GHSA-vr4j-gj8q-m89v

ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability

Published Oct 14, 2016 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

The Chakra JavaScript engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
NuGet Microsoft.ChakraCore < 1.2.1 1.2.1 GHSA-vr4j-gj8q-m89v

References