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CVE-2016-7286

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 68.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The scripting engines in Microsoft Edge 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-2016-7288, CVE-2016-7296, and CVE-2016-7297.

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: all versions

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140250/Microsoft-Edge-SIMD.toLocaleString-Uninitialized-Memory.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94748
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037444
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=961
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40947/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140250/Microsoft-Edge-SIMD.toLocaleString-Uninitialized-Memory.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94748
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037444
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=961
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40947/

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