SB20170314159 - Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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SB20170314159 - Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published: March 14, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB20170314159
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Critical 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0149)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when accessing objects in memory. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crafted web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Note: this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References