Microsoft Skype Font File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Skype. This affects an unknown part of the component Font File Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-6107. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Skype (Unified Communication Software) (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Font File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 12/08/2015 as MS15-128 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6107 since 08/14/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87257 (MS15-128: Security Update for Microsoft Graphics Component to Address Remote Code Execution (3104503)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91140 (Microsoft Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS15-128)).

Applying the patch MS15-128 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 databases at Tenable (87257) and SecurityFocus (BID 78497†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-79493, VDB-79494, VDB-79495 and VDB-79738. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 87257
Nessus Name: MS15-128: Security Update for Microsoft Graphics Component to Address Remote Code Execution (3104503)
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OpenVAS ID: 19782
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Code Execution Vulnerability (3119075)
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Patch: MS15-128

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-128
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6107 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6107
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79741
SecurityFocus: 78497
SecurityTracker: 1034331

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140918
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/09/2015 12:14
Updated: 06/30/2022 20:20
Changes: 12/09/2015 12:14 (48), 04/29/2018 00:06 (18), 06/30/2022 20:20 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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