CVE-2016-3271High

Windows Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published
July 12, 2016
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when VBScript improperly discloses the contents of its memory, which could provide an attacker with information to further compromise the user’s computer or data. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must know the memory address of where the object was created. The update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way certain functions handle objects in memory.

🎯 Affected products2

  • Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems

✅ Remediation

KB3172985 (Security Update)

🔗 References (2)