Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-0109. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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 weakness was presented 03/08/2016 with Zero Day Initiative as MS16-023 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0109 since 12/04/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/09/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89746 (MS16-023: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3142015)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91183 (Microsoft Edge Cumulative Security Update (MS16-024)).

Applying the patch MS16-023 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 (89746) and SecurityFocus (BID 84020†). See VDB-81241, VDB-81242, VDB-81243 and VDB-81244 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 89746
Nessus Name: MS16-023: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3142015)
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Patch: MS16-023

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-023
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-0109 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0109
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81248
SecurityFocus: 84020 - Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge CVE-2016-0109 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1035203

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2016 10:48
Updated: 07/09/2022 15:41
Changes: 03/09/2016 10:48 (49), 04/07/2017 15:25 (25), 07/09/2022 15:34 (4), 07/09/2022 15:41 (1)
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