PT-2016-2507 · Microsoft · Edge+1

Published 2016-07-12 · Updated 2022-05-14 · CVE-2016-3248

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 Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11 Microsoft Edge

Description The vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted web site. This issue is caused by memory corruption in the scripting engine. The estimated number of potentially affected devices is not provided.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Microsoft Edge, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to web sites that could potentially exploit this vulnerability until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01898

CVE-2016-3248

GHSA-Q6MV-8VH9-4GGJ

Affected Products

Edge

Internet Explorer

References · 17

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3248 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q6mv-8vh9-4ggj · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-084 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01898 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3248 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3248 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/wiki/Roadmap · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-084 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91578 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036283 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-085 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211202003833/http://securitytracker.com/id/1036283 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-084 · Note