PT-2016-2586 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2016-08-09 · Updated 2022-05-14 · CVE-2016-3296

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/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 a memory corruption problem in the Chakra JavaScript engine of Microsoft Edge, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site. This could lead to memory corruption, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the system, install programs, view, change, or delete 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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01978

CVE-2016-3296

GHSA-5PPX-G65V-4VFV

Affected Products

Edge

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3296 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-096 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3296 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5ppx-g65v-4vfv · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01978 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/wiki/Roadmap · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-096 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210116095719/http://securitytracker.com/id/1036569 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92283 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036569 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210123160236/http://securityfocus.com/bid/92283 · Note
• https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-096 · Note