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CVE-2016-7288

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7288 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting the scripting engines in Microsoft Edge. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through a crafted website. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH) and an EPSS percentile of 0.82725, it indicates a significant risk, requiring user interaction but with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-41357), and it has garnered community discussion, suggesting potential for exploitation.

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
70.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41357 · Feb 14, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7035 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 1,571 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 (14)

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 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: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2016
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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: 10724-10852
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10853
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10816
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Dec/CVE-2016-7288Critical

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Dec 13, 2016

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/140994/Microsoft-Edge-TypedArray.sort-Use-After-Free.html
bugs.chromium.org / p/project-zero/issues/detail
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145
exploit-db.com / exploits/41357
securityfocus.com / bid/94749
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037444
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry