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Checkpoint

Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS16-084: CVE-2016-3240; CVE-2016-3240)

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to an error while handling certain objects when processing HTML and script code. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target victim to open a specially crafted web page that could cause memory corruption in a way that would allow attackers to execute code on the target system.