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CVE-2016-7297

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 26.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• 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-2016-7286, CVE-2016-7288, and CVE-2016-7296.

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94751
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037444
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94751
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037444
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145

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