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CVE-2016-7288

The scripting engines in Microsoft Edge allow 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…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 70.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 70.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The scripting engines in Microsoft Edge allow 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-2016-7286, CVE-2016-7296, and CVE-2016-7297.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
70.35% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 February 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
microsoft/edge
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%38%75%21 September 2026: 68.43%22 September 2026: 70.35%27 October 2026: 70.35%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 68.4% on 21 September 2026 to 70.4% on 27 October 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-41357source ↗Microsoft Edge - TypedArray.sort Use-After-Free (MS16-145)windows · Google Security Researchdos14 February 2017yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.