Advisory Details

July 12th, 2016

Microsoft Edge InjectHtmlStream Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-3246
CVSS SCORE	5.1, AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Edge
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to corrupt memory on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Edge. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within InjectHtmlStream. By manipulating a document's elements an attacker can reveal the contents of memory and also cause memory corruption. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary 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/MS16-085
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-04-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-07-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	cc

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