SB2016121329 - Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Published: December 13, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016121329
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Arbitrary code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3382)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness is due to insufficient input validation. By tricking the victim to download a specially crafted content, attackers can cause a object memory handling error in the Scripting Engine and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability will result in arbitrary code execution.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.