CVE-2016-7286

high

Published 2016-12-20 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

The scripting engines in 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," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7288, CVE-2016-7296, and CVE-2016-7297.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-40947 dos windows verified

Google Security Research · 2016-12-21

Microsoft Edge - SIMD.toLocaleString Uninitialized Memory (MS16-145)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
microsoft	edge	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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