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SCA: security update for Microsoft.ChakraCore (GHSA-5whg-j5fv-xcm2)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434567

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-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203,
 CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7240, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243. (CVE-2016-7200)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5whg-j5fv-xcm2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434567

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.19

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7200

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2016

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7200

BID: 93968