CVE-2016-7201
High 8.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
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-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7240, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 80% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-843
Affected products
microsoft: edge; microsoft: windows 10 1507; microsoft: windows 10 1511; microsoft: windows 10 1607; microsoft: windows server 2016
References
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-1… PatchVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-1… PatchVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11 ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40784/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40990/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11 ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40784/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40990/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140382/Microsoft-Edge-chakra.dll-Informati… Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94038 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry