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CVE-2016-0189

high · 7.5Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Added 2022-03-28Remediation due 2022-04-18

The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, 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-2016-0187.

7.5
CVSS
94.1%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2016-05-11
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftjscript5.8
microsoftvbscript5.7
microsoftvbscript5.8
microsoftwindows_server_2008r2
microsoftvbscript5.7
microsoftwindows_server_2008all versions
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions
microsoftinternet_explorer9
microsoftwindows_server_2008all versions
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions
microsoftinternet_explorer10
microsoftwindows_server_2012all versions
microsoftinternet_explorer11
microsoftwindows_10_1507all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1511all versions
microsoftwindows_7all versions
microsoftwindows_8.1all versions
microsoftwindows_rt_8.1all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008r2
microsoftwindows_server_2012r2

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References

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