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MS16-082: Security Update for Microsoft Windows Search Component (3165270)

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MS16-082: Security Update for Microsoft Windows Search Component (3165270)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/14/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/14/2016
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

This vulnerability occurs when the Windows Search component fails to properly handle certain objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause server performance to degrade sufficiently to cause a denial of service condition. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker could use it to cause a denial of service attack and disrupt server availability. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Search component handles objects in memory.

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-063-47554aba-fd2f-4db4-aa7f-8530e5208b56
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-063-76158f6b-7833-4cd0-8e20-fcf6a7576a7c
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-063-7d7b8580-ff44-4dc9-9795-13563702cfb8
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-063-d2f6b85d-f62d-4ad4-81e4-ee7738642c90
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-0fda0cfc-7ca1-4f78-ae19-90977c948ed3
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-1309cbe7-43c2-4935-ab67-256fbd058642
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-26e26e51-d073-47c2-ae94-7c49704f7700
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-2866911c-3e75-4aee-b2de-8da7c06659f2
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-454f4f0f-a4ab-48a0-b713-4d21b601ca7f
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-4657f4f7-b54c-4175-91fa-df8637791fc6
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-481006a1-20d9-482d-b785-0c1124d745d0
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-795571cf-bd8d-4602-bb28-11080e614333
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-96bb2a20-1151-46a5-90a8-51d8fd0b0d40
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-cedcb881-e887-4fe8-bab4-c06b6f9ab109
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-d21bca57-2381-47f0-8973-75f3ec5b8e63
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-082-dc87ae32-ae26-42f4-bef5-ae6d39523520

References

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