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CVE-2016-0024

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0024 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability within the Chakra JavaScript engine of Microsoft Edge. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems through unspecified vectors, posing a significant risk to user data and system integrity. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it indicates a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction but leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
17.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1780 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 14,852 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 (1)

nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.ChakraCoreFixed in: 1.2.0

Vendor Advisories (2)

nugetGHSA-g77f-7wm9-rh6phigh

ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability

May 14, 2022
microsoft2016-Jan/CVE-2016-0024

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Jan 12, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-002
securityfocus.com / bid/79891
securitytracker.com / id/1034649