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CVE-2016-0189: Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-28
• EPSS: 94.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-05-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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-2016-0187.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 9, 10, 11
• Microsoft Jscript: 5.8
• Microsoft Vbscript: 5.7, 5.8

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90012
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-051
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-053
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40118/
• https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2017/01/journey-and-evolution-god-mode-2016-cve-2016-0189/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90012
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-051
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-053
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40118/
• https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2017/01/journey-and-evolution-god-mode-2016-cve-2016-0189/

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