CVE-2016-7240

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last 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-2016-7200, CVE-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 10, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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