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CVE-2016-7201: Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-28
• EPSS: 80.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-11-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-843

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: all versions

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140382/Microsoft-Edge-chakra.dll-Information-Leak-Type-Confusion.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94038
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129
• https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40784/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40990/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140382/Microsoft-Edge-chakra.dll-Information-Leak-Type-Confusion.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94038
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129
• https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11

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