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SCA: security update for Microsoft.ChakraCore (GHSA-hh3v-5chw-wgh7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432459

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The Chakra JavaScript scripting engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
 or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory
 Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7200, CVE-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7202,
 CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243. (CVE-2016-7240)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hh3v-5chw-wgh7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432459

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7240

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7240

BID: 94046

cwe: CWE-119