CVE-2019-0648 ChakraCore information disclosure vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-0648?

CVE-2019-0648 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, published on 6 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Chakra improperly discloses the contents of its memory, which could provide an attacker with information to further compromise the user's computer or data.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must know the memory address of where the object was created.The update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way certain functions handle objects in memory, aka Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0658.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0648?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including Microsoft.ChakraCore. It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Edge.

How do I fix CVE-2019-0648?

Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore to 1.11.6 or later.

Is CVE-2019-0648 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0648 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge

• CVE-2021-26411 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7200 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7201 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-0037 Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Type Confusion Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2016-3351 Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge Information Disclosure Exploited Medium 6.5

All Microsoft Edge vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-wwfw-m54g-gv72.