CVE-2016-7201

high Microsoft ⚠️ CISA KEV — Exploited in the Wild
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
90.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 0% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: November 10, 2016 (3473 days ago)
Last Modified: April 22, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

⚠️ CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Added to KEV: 2022-03-28
Remediation Due: 2022-04-18 (⚠ 1488d overdue)

Description

The Chakra JavaScript scripting engine in Microsoft Edge allows 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-2016-7200, CVE-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7240, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.

CWE

CWE-843

Affected Products

microsoft edge

References

🔗 packetstormsecurity.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 github.com