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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-7242: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-7242: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/10/2016
Created
06/27/2024
Added
06/10/2024
Modified
08/07/2024

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-2016-7200, CVE-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7240, and CVE-2016-7243.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb3198586
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb3200970
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb3200970

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