Advisory Details

March 8th, 2016

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

ZDI-16-183
ZDI-CAN-3421

CVE ID CVE-2016-0107
CVSS SCORE 6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Internet Explorer
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/MS16-023
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2015-11-24 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2016-03-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT B6BEB4D5E828CF0CCB47BB24AAC22515
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