CVSS 3.0
7.5 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-0002
The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Severity
- EPSS
- 23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:jscript
- microsoft:vbscript
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034648
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034650
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-001
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-003
- https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1215