Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer - CVE-2016-3293

 

Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer - CVE-2016-3293

Published: August 10, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU277
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3293
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor:
Microsoft
Affected software:

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when parsing objects in memory. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick a victim to visit that page, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability my allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-3293


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