PT-2016-2974 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2016-11-08 · Updated 2025-02-10 · CVE-2016-7200

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

7.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, specifically in the Chakra JavaScript engine, caused by a buffer overflow. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by using a specially crafted website. The vulnerability can corrupt memory, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

RCE

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02405

CVE-2016-7200

GHSA-5WHG-J5FV-XCM2

Affected Products

Edge

References · 30

• 🔥 https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db/blob/master/chakra/CVE-2016-7200.md · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40990 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40785 · Exploit
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7200 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7200 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02405 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5whg-j5fv-xcm2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/c2787ef8fdb7401922e9ec6540e4e5895d11c631 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/1982 · Note
• https://cisa.gov/sites/default/files/csv/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.csv · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211126224744/http://securitytracker.com/id/1037245 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/110008 · Telegram Post