CVE-2016-3206

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
14.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: June 16, 2016 (3620 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, 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-2016-3205 and CVE-2016-3207.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

microsoft jscriptmicrosoft vbscript

References

🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com