Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-7242

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-2016-7240, and CVE-2016-7243.

Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory CorruptionExecute codeDenial of service

Published 2016-11-10 06:59:56

Updated 2018-10-12 22:14:23

Source Microsoft Corporation

View at NVD, CVE.org

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-7242

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 18.86%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 96 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-7242

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
7.6	HIGH	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	4.9	10.0	[email protected]
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: High Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Complete Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete
7.5	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	1.6	5.9	[email protected]
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: High Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE ids for CVE-2016-7242

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-7242

Products affected by CVE-2016-7242

Microsoft » Edge
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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