CVE-2016-3296 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability within the Chakra JavaScript engine of Microsoft Edge. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a user's system simply by enticing them to visit a specially crafted website. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a significant risk. Exploitation requires user interaction (visiting a malicious site) and has high attack complexity, but successful exploitation grants high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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.