Memory Corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2016-3317

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 Word document, convince the victim to open it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

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

How to mitigate CVE-2016-3317

Sources

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-099.aspx