Advisory Details

November 20th, 2017

Microsoft Chakra Regular Expression Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-17-912
ZDI-CAN-5198

CVE ID CVE-2017-11858
CVSS SCORE 5.1, AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Chakra
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['29832']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Chakra. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the processing of regular expressions. A crafted regular expression can trigger an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11858
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2017-09-05 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2017-11-20 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Huang Anwen of ichunqiu Ker Team(https://www.ichunqiu.com/ )
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