Description
The scripting engines in Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7288, CVE-2016-7296, and CVE-2016-7297.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Edge - SIMD.toLocaleString Uninitialized Memory (MS16-145) EDB-40947 · dos · Dec 21, 2016 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=961
- 1037444 vdb-entry
- 40947 exploit
- 94748 vdb-entry
- MS16-145 vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140250/Microsoft-Edge-SIMD.toLocaleString-Uninitialized-Memory.html