CVE-2017-8659: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to obtain information to further compromise the user’s system due to the Chakra scripting engine not properly handling objects in memory, aka “Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability”.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6m7-jphx-f9p5
- github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/2500e1cdc12cb35af73d5c8c9b85656aba6bab4d
- github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/3509
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8659
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8659
- web.archive.org/web/20210612224703/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100029
- web.archive.org/web/20211127144809/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039095
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