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CVE-2016-7287

• 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 Internet Explorer 11 and 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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: all versions
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 11

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140251/Microsoft-Edge-Internationalization-Type-Confusion.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94722
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037444
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=972
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-144
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40948/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140251/Microsoft-Edge-Internationalization-Type-Confusion.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94722
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037444
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=972
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-144

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