CVE-2016-7279

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

20/12/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.60 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.60

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-::::::

CVE-2016-7279

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools