CVE-2016-7200 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Edge Browser
Published on November 10, 2016
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.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. The Chakra JavaScript scripting engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 18, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2016-7200 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2016-7200 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
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What versions of Edge Browser are vulnerable to CVE-2016-7200?
Each of the following must match for the vulnerability to exist.