CVE-2016-7240 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Chakra JavaScript scripting engine of Microsoft Edge. 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. Rated 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 with high attack complexity (AC:H). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry for a type confusion exploit exists, but there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| 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
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