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CVE-2016-3331

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3331 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through a crafted website. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H, I:H, A:H), though attack complexity is high (AC:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
14.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1444 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 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 (16)

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: 10724-10729
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10735
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10789
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10788
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Oct/CVE-2016-3331Critical

Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Oct 11, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-118
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-119
securityfocus.com / bid/93387
securitytracker.com / id/1036992
securitytracker.com / id/1036993