Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Edge. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Scripting Engine. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-0015. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (version now known) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Scripting Engine. 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 bug was discovered 03/14/2017. The weakness was presented 03/14/2017 as MS17-007 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-0015 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/24/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97730 (MS17-007: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (4013071)), 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 91332 (Microsoft Edge Cumulative Security Update (MS17-007)).

Applying the patch MS17-007 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 (97730), SecurityFocus (BID 96079†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038006†). See VDB-97974, VDB-97975, VDB-97976 and VDB-97977 for similar entries. 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: 97730
Nessus Name: MS17-007: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (4013071)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Edge Multiple Vulnerabilities (4013071)
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Patch: MS17-007

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS17-007
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0015 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0015
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97978

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SecurityFocus: 96079 - Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-0015 Scripting Engine Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0015 - MS17-007 - Microsoft - Edge - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038006

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2017 11:18
Updated: 12/24/2024 04:10
Changes: 03/15/2017 11:18 (77), 09/07/2020 09:12 (6), 12/24/2024 04:10 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:371:103

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