CVE-2016-7202 — The scripting engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft

The scripting engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and 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," as demo

01What is this vulnerability?

The scripting engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and 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," as demonstrated by the Chakra JavaScript engine, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7200, CVE-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7203…

02Affected products

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

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2016-11-10T06:16:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.626Z

09References

• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40793/
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-12…
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-14…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40786/
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94042
• www.zerodayinitiative.com — http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-593
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245