CVE-2016-7200
Microsoft Edge: Memory Corruption
As of , CVE-2016-7200 in Microsoft Edge is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 28 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 18 April 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.83Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.91 on 28 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 2 Exploit-DB entries (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
The Chakra JavaScript scripting engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.
CISA's 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-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7240, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 10 November 2016
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-787
- Out-of-bounds Write
- CWE-119
- Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 40785).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 40990).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Edge - 'Array.filter' Information LeakEDB-ID 40785, verified by Exploit-DB, 18 November 2016
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Edge (Windows 10) - 'chakra.dll' Information Leak / Type Confusion Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 40990, 5 January 2017
Edge: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-7201Memory Corruption | Microsoft Edge | Patch this weekEPSS 0.80; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.80 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org