CVE-2016-7242

7.5 highEPSS 16%

High (7.5) in microsoft edge. EPSS 16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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-2016-7240, and CVE-2016-7243.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2016-11-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

microsoft:edge

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94041
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94041
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245

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