CVE-2016-0189 (GCVE-0-2016-0189)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-11 01:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55Summary
The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, allow 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-2016-0187.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-10 16:48 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90012 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2017/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40118/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
Date Public
2016-05-10 00:00
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 02639c5d-a9ec-4fd6-9193-4da67889e2ee
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-03-28
Asserted: 2022-03-28
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability | Affected: Microsoft / Internet Explorer | Description: The Microsoft JScript nd VBScript engines, as used in Internet Explorer and other products, allow attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-04-18 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0189
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-119 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Internet Explorer |
| Due Date | 2022-04-18 |
| Date Added | 2022-03-28 |
| Vendorproject | Microsoft |
| Vulnerabilityname | Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-02-02 12:27 UTC
| Updated: 2026-02-06 07:17 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 76d94bf5-8de7-4a22-a18b-dfd425aeead5
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-03-28
Asserted: 2022-03-28
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, allow remote... | Affected: Microsoft / Internet Explorer | CVSS: 7.5 (HIGH) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, allow remote... |
| Vendor | Microsoft |
| Product | Internet Explorer |
| Added Date | 2022-03-28T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 7.5 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:05 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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"refsource": "SECTRACK",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "f38d906d-7342-40ea-92c1-6c4a2c6478c8",
"assignerShortName": "microsoft",
"cveId": "CVE-2016-0189",
"datePublished": "2016-05-11T01:00:00.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2015-12-04T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-21T23:55:52.367Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1"
}
}
}
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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