CVE-2020-1065 (GCVE-0-2020-1065)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-21 22:52 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:33
VLAI
Title
Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Summary
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Assigner
microsoft CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3948 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft ChakraCore Affected: 0 , < publication (custom)
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Microsoft Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) Affected: 1.0..0 , < publication (custom)
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Date Public
2020-05-12 14:00
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