CVE-2016-7200
Published 2016-11-10 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2016-7200 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Edge. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 28, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 18, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.
All 390 known-exploited Microsoft vulnerabilities →Description
The Chakra JavaScript scripting engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7240, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Edge
Name: Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-03-28 · Due: 2022-04-18
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140382/Microsoft-Edge-chakra.dll-Information-Leak-Type-Confusion.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93968
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129
- https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40785/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40990/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140382/Microsoft-Edge-chakra.dll-Information-Leak-Type-Confusion.html

