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CVE-2016-7240

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 66.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-11-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94046
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40773/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94046
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40773/

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