Microsoft Windows Vista SP2/7 SP1/8.1/RT 8.1/10 Video Control memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2/7 SP1/8.1/RT 8.1/10 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Video Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 10/11/2016. The weakness was published 10/11/2016 with Microsoft as MS16-122 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-0142 since 12/04/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/23/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94014 (MS16-122: Security Update for Microsoft Video Control (3195360)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.

Applying the patch MS16-122 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (94014). Similar entries are available at 92589, 92588, 92587 and 92586.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 94014
Nessus Name: MS16-122: Security Update for Microsoft Video Control (3195360)
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OpenVAS ID: 831498
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Video Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3195360)
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Patch: MS16-122

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-122
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-0142 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036983
SecurityFocus: 93378 - Microsoft Windows CVE-2016-0142 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Created: 10/12/2016 10:42
Updated: 09/23/2022 09:44
Changes: 10/12/2016 10:42 (75), 07/07/2019 17:31 (5), 09/23/2022 09:44 (5)
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