CVE-2020-1219 Memory corruption in ChakraCore

What is CVE-2020-1219?

CVE-2020-1219 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Chakracore, published on 9 Jun 2020. 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

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft browsers access objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability'.

Weakness: CWE-843

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1219?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Chakracore, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1219?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1219 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-1219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Chakracore

• CVE-2018-8298 ChakraCore Scripting Engine Type Confusion Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2020-0878 Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Exploited Medium 4.2
• CVE-2018-8500 ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-11767 ChakraCore vulnerable to privilege escalation Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-8658 ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability Critical 9.8

All Microsoft Chakracore vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j59c-78x8-r8jf.