PT-2016-2189 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Ashutosh Mehra · Published 2016-06-14 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3211

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow. It may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by using a specially crafted website.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01542

CVE-2016-3211

ZDI-16-366

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-366 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3211 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01542 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3211 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3211 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-063 · Vendor Advisory
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-063 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-063 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036096 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-366 · Note