PT-2016-2494 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2016-07-12 · Updated 2022-05-14 · CVE-2016-3265

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 Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the Chakra JavaScript engine in Microsoft Edge, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption. This can be achieved via a crafted web site. The vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow. An attacker could exploit this issue to corrupt memory, allowing them to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the affected system, install programs, view or modify data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

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:2016-01885

CVE-2016-3265

GHSA-F2PG-GCXP-GR2C

Affected Products

Edge

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f2pg-gcxp-gr2c · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-085 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3265 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01885 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3265 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/17f3d4a4852dcc9e48de7091685b1862afb9f307 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/1291 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91573 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210121005807/http://securitytracker.com/id/1036286 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-085 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210125172651/http://securityfocus.com/bid/91573 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-085 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036286 · Note