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SCA: security update for Microsoft.ChakraCore (GHSA-wm27-49x2-mg9q)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432518

Description

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

 - The Microsoft (1) JScript 9, (2) VBScript, and (3) Chakra JavaScript engines, as used in Microsoft
 Internet Explorer 9 through 11, Microsoft Edge, and other products, allow 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-2016-3248. (CVE-2016-3259)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wm27-49x2-mg9q

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432518

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 7.6

Percentile: 98.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3259

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3259

BID: 91581

cwe: CWE-119