Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Edge. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Scripting Engine. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-0191. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 05/10/2016 with Microsoft as MS16-052 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-0191 since 12/04/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/18/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91002 (MS16-052: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3155538)), 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 91219 (Microsoft Edge Cumulative Security Update (MS16-052)).

Applying the patch MS16-052 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 (91002) and SecurityFocus (BID 90010†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-87140, VDB-87142 and VDB-87143. 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: 91002
Nessus Name: MS16-052: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3155538)
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OpenVAS ID: 862418
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Edge Multiple Vulnerabilities (3155538)
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Patch: MS16-052

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-052
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-0191 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0191
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87141

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SecurityFocus: 90010 - Microsoft Edge CVE-2016-0191 Scripting Engine Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1035821

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/11/2016 10:55
Updated: 08/18/2022 08:21
Changes: 05/11/2016 10:55 (76), 11/23/2018 10:50 (5), 08/18/2022 08:21 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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