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CVE-2016-7286

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7286 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the scripting engines of Microsoft Edge, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted website. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it requires user interaction but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), a public exploit (EDB-40947) exists, and its high EPSS score suggests a significant probability of exploitation. Despite its potential, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
68.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40947 · Dec 21, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6888 is in the 97th 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 (6)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2016
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10816
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10852
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10853
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Dec/CVE-2016-7286Low

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Dec 13, 2016

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/140250/Microsoft-Edge-SIMD.toLocaleString-Uninitialized-Memory.html
bugs.chromium.org / p/project-zero/issues/detail
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145
exploit-db.com / exploits/40947
securityfocus.com / bid/94748
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037444
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry