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CVE-2016-3205

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3205 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting the JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.7/5.8 engines within Internet Explorer 9-11 and other Microsoft products. An attacker could exploit this by enticing a user to a crafted website, leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it requires user interaction and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:jscript:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1466 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 1,566 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (48)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: VBScript 5.7 on Windows Vista Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: VBScript 5.7 on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: VBScript 5.7 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: VBScript 5.7 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: VBScript 5.7 on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: VBScript 5.7 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: VBScript 5.7 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: VBScript 5.8 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 10 on Windows Server 2012
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2012 R2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows RT 8.1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Vista Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9414-4393
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9414-9316
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9414-9312
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9414-9318
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9414-9311
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9414-10287
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9414-9344
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9415-10049
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10555-10378
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10481
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10482
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10483
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10484
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10047
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10048
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10051
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10336-9316
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10336-4393
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10336-9312
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10336-9318
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10729
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10735
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10789
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10788
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Jun/CVE-2016-3205Critical

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Jun 14, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-063
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-069
securitytracker.com / id/1036096
securitytracker.com / id/1036097