Microsoft Edge memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Edge. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-3331. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code. 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 summary by CVE is:

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 published 10/11/2016 with Baidu as MS16-119 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3331 since 03/15/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 09/23/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93963 (MS16-119: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3192890)), 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 91283 (Microsoft Edge Cumulative Security Update (MS16-119)).

Applying the patch MS16-119 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 (93963) and SecurityFocus (BID 93387†). Similar entries are available at VDB-92555, VDB-92556, VDB-92560 and VDB-92561. 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: 93963
Nessus Name: MS16-119: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3192890)
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OpenVAS ID: 54886
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (3192887)
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Patch: MS16-119

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09/23/2022 +2171 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-119
Organization: Baidu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3331 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3331
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92565
SecurityFocus: 93387 - Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge CVE-2016-3331 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036992

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2016 10:30
Updated: 09/23/2022 08:34
Changes: 10/12/2016 10:30 (68), 05/07/2019 18:28 (12), 09/23/2022 08:34 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:37C:103

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