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CVE-2016-3240

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3241 and CVE-2016-3242.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 9, 10, 11

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91568
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036283
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-084
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91568
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036283
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-084

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