Is CVE-2016-7201 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2016-7201 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2022-03-28.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-7201?

CVE-2016-7201 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-7201?

CVE-2016-7201 has an EPSS score of 79.69% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2016-7201?

No published fix for CVE-2016-7201 has been found yet. It is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list; federal agencies must remediate by 2022-04-18. Apply the vendor's mitigations per CISA's guidance.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-7201

HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7240, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.

CWE-843Type Confusion

How to fix

Actively exploited, no published fix found yet

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal remediation due: 2022-04-18

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

79.69%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability

The Chakra JavaScript scripting engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-04-18

References

Patch1

docs.microsoft.com

Exploit3

Third-Party Advisory3

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-843 (Type Confusion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-0611	High	8.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-0507	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2017-8291	High	7.8	97%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-0752	High	7.5	82%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2017-0037	High	8.1	80%	KEV	-
CVE-2020-6418	High	8.8	79%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-22.