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CVE-2016-3288

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3288 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted web page. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100, this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring user interaction. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-40253) exists, indicating public exploit code availability, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or widespread community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
51.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40253 · Aug 16, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5180 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 1,570 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 (26)

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 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 RT 8.1
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 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: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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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: 10486-10481
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10482
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10484
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10483
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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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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10852
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10853
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Aug/CVE-2016-3288Critical

Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Aug 9, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-095
exploit-db.com / exploits/40253
securityfocus.com / bid/92321
securitytracker.com / id/1036562