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CVE-2016-7200

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-03-28 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2016-11-10
  • WeaknessCWE-787

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2016-11-1006:59CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-03-28Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  3. 2022-03-28Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  4. 2022-03-28Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  5. 2025-02-1016:42SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP
  6. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
  7. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Microsoft edgeversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-04-18

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedtheori-io/chakra-2016-11
PoC-in-GitHub

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-03-28
Patch Due Date
2022-04-18
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2016-11-10
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7200?

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.

Is CVE-2016-7200 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2016-7200 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-04-18.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-7200?

CVE-2016-7200 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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