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CVE-2016-0189

The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, allow remo

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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer and other Microsoft products that use the JScript and VBScript scripting engines are affected. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw through a crafted website to run arbitrary code or crash the software through memory corruption.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 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-2016-0187.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 6

securityfocus.com

virusbulletin.com

docs.microsoft.com

Exploit-DB

securitytracker.com