THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-3248
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-3248

Edge vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
23.0%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The Microsoft (1) JScript 9, (2) VBScript, and (3) Chakra JavaScript engines, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11, Microsoft Edge, and other products, allow 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-2016-3259.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Edge
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2016-07-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 23.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-3248

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Edge is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-3248.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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