CVE-2016-7200

HighCVSS 8.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140382/Microsoft-Edge-chakra.dll-Information-Leak-Type-Confusion.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93968Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40785/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40990/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140382/Microsoft-Edge-chakra.dll-Information-Leak-Type-Confusion.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93968Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40785/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40990/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7200US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Nov 10, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Mar 28, 2022
NVD status: Analyzed

Related CVEs from 2016

CVE-2016-72018.8The Chakra JavaScript scripting engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (mem CVE-2016-72027.5The scripting engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cau CVE-2016-72037.5The Chakra JavaScript scripting engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (mem CVE-2016-72043.1Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to access arbitrary "My Documents" files via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disc CVE-2016-72058.8Animation Manager in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Wind CVE-2016-72066.1Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified ve CVE-2016-72087.5The Chakra JavaScript scripting engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (mem CVE-2016-72095.3Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to spoof web content via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Edge Spoofing Vulnerability."CVE-2016-72106.5atmfd.dll in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, W CVE-2016-72117.3The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 CVE-2016-72127.8Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1 CVE-2016-72137.8Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, and Office