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CVE-2016-7241

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7241 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 crafted websites. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with a high attack complexity. Although not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists for an information leak related to JSON.parse in Microsoft Edge. Despite its high EPSS and FAUCET risk scores, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE 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
71.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40875 · Dec 6, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7149 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 1,570 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, 0.3 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 (36)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10729
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10735
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10789
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10788
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10816
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10852
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10853
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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: 10486-10483
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10484
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10729
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10735
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10789
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10788
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10852
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10853
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10816
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2016
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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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 Server 2012 R2
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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 10 for 32-bit Systems
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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: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2016
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Nov/CVE-2016-7241Critical

Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Nov 8, 2016

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/139991/Microsoft-Edge-JSON.parse-Information-Leak.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugs.chromium.org / p/project-zero/issues/detail
Issue Tracking
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-142
exploit-db.com / exploits/40875
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/94055
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037245