CVE-2016-7194

published 2016-10-14

CVE-2016-7194: The Chakra JavaScript engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted…

Priority P2 66 high 7.5 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC H PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

EXPLOIT

The Chakra JavaScript 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-2016-3386, CVE-2016-3389, and CVE-2016-7190.

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → CVE-2016-7194 is a Chakra JavaScript engine memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, triggered via a crafted web site ↗
• → CVE-2016-7194 is associated with a Function.apply information leak in Microsoft Edge, patched under MS16-119; monitor for exploit attempts leveraging Function.apply with spread arguments and Number object construction in Edge JS engine ↗
• → Exploit PoC uses Array spread syntax with arguments object and Number constructor in a loop — monitor Edge JS engine for this pattern as an indicator of exploitation attempt ↗

• · The NVD source URL references CVE-2016-3389 but describes a vulnerability also listing CVE-2016-7194 as a related distinct issue; intel extracted is specific to CVE-2016-7194 context only ↗
• · The Exploit-DB PoC source is truncated; full exploit code was not available for complete IOC extraction ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.6 HIGH AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

ghsa 7.5 HIGH

osv 7.5 HIGH

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