CVE-2016-3222
Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 56.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 56.77% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 6 December 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/edge
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 52.3% on 21 September 2026 to 56.8% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blog.skylined.nl/20161205001.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140043/Microsoft-Edge-CBase-Scriptable-Private-Query-Interface-Memory-Corruption.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/16
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91094
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036099
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-371
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-068
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40880/
- http://blog.skylined.nl/20161205001.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140043/Microsoft-Edge-CBase-Scriptable-Private-Query-Interface-Memory-Corruption.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/16
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91094
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036099
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-371
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-068
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40880/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.