Advisory Details

July 12th, 2016

Microsoft Internet Explorer CTableLayout AddRow Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-16-410
ZDI-CAN-3668

CVE ID CVE-2016-3242
CVSS SCORE 6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Internet Explorer
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['24504']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The vulnerability relates to how Internet Explorer keeps track of table rows when performing layout of HTML tables. By manipulating a document's elements an attacker can cause Internet Explorer to read beyond the end of an array of pointers to CTableRow objects. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-084
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2016-04-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2016-07-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT 62600BCA031B9EB5CB4A74ADDDD6771E
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