Advisory Details

March 8th, 2016

Microsoft Internet Explorer CDataset SetItem Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-0106
CVSS SCORE	4.3, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Internet Explorer
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose the contents of memory 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 handles custom data attributes attached to HTML elements. By manipulating a document's elements an attacker can force a string in memory to be reused after it has been freed, leading to a disclosure of memory contents. An attacker can use this information in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in 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/MS16-023
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-11-24 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-03-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	sky

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