Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 GetBlockText memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. Impacted is the function CTextExtractor::GetBlockText. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-3247. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is the function CTextExtractor::GetBlockText. 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 09/13/2016 by SkyLined with Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) as MS16-104 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-3247 since 03/15/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93465 (MS16-105: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3183043)), 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 100295 (Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS16-104)).

Applying the patch MS16-104 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 Exploit-DB (40797), Tenable (93465) and SecurityFocus (BID 92828†). seclists.org is providing further details. The entries VDB-91515, VDB-91516, VDB-91517 and VDB-91518 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 93465
Nessus Name: MS16-105: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3183043)
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OpenVAS ID: 71170
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (3183038)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-104
Researcher: SkyLined
Organization: Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3247 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3247
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91514
SecurityFocus: 92828 - Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge CVE-2016-3247 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036788

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 09/14/2016 16:48
Updated: 02/18/2025 17:51
Changes: 09/14/2016 16:48 (72), 04/07/2017 18:28 (14), 09/16/2022 08:11 (3), 02/18/2025 17:51 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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