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CVE-2016-7201

95
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7201 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the Chakra JavaScript engine of Microsoft Edge, affecting various versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted website. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild, with exploit code publicly available on ExploitDB, and has garnered significant community discussion and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
79.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 28, 2022
ExploitDB: EDB-40990 · Jan 5, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7969 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10853
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2016
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10729
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10735
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10789
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10788
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10816
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10852
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nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.ChakraCoreFixed in: 1.2.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

nugetGHSA-4f5g-j7wg-7w8jhigh

ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability

May 14, 2022
microsoft2016-Nov/CVE-2016-7201Critical

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Nov 8, 2016

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/140382/Microsoft-Edge-chakra.dll-Information-Leak-Type-Confusion.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / theori-io/chakra-2016-11
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40784
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/40990
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/94038
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037245
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry