Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Edge. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Scripting Engine. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-0151. 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 has been found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block 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 published 03/14/2017 with Microsoft as MS17-007 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-0151 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 12/25/2024).

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 96727†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038006†). Similar entries are available at VDB-97974, VDB-97975, VDB-97976 and VDB-97977. 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: 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
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0151 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0151
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98005

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SecurityFocus: 96727 - Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-0151 Scripting Engine Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0151 - MS17-007 - Microsoft - Edge - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038006

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2017 11:19
Updated: 12/25/2024 10:11
Changes: 03/15/2017 11:19 (75), 09/07/2020 10:55 (7), 09/15/2024 05:10 (18), 12/25/2024 10:11 (1)
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