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Vulnerability details: VCID-tpnr-m431-fuh7
Vulnerability ID VCID-tpnr-m431-fuh7
Aliases CVE-2016-7201
GHSA-4f5g-j7wg-7w8j
Summary ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability 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-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7240, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
There are no known severity scores.
Reference id Reference type URL
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129
https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore
https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/c2787ef8fdb7401922e9ec6540e4e5895d11c631
https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/1982
https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11
https://web.archive.org/web/20210123185125/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94038
https://web.archive.org/web/20211126224744/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7201
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40784
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40990
CVE-2016-7201 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7201
GHSA-4f5g-j7wg-7w8j https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4f5g-j7wg-7w8j
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.

No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:43:10.636087+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/Microsoft.ChakraCore/CVE-2016-7201.yml 38.6.0