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CVE detail

CVE-2016-7189

The Chakra JavaScript engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

CVSS 7.5 · HighBuzz score 25.6

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 25.6

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 9.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
16.1
4 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
9.5
4 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
4 source links · newest first
  • The leaves aren’t the only things changing this October. Patch Tuesday is here and with it comes some interesting updates from big names in the software space. This month, Microsoft implemented Servicing Model changes, Adobe changed distribution of Adobe Flash and announced this will be the last month of updates for the ESR branch of Flash Player, and in the next week or so, Oracle will reveal its Quarterly Critical Patch Update. What changed this … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comOct 12, 2016, 1:24 PM
  • Microsoft October security bulletins patch tens of vulnerabilities, including four Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild. Microsoft has released its monthly Patch Tuesday update that includes a total of 10 security bulletins, five the flaws addressed by the updates are zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer, Edge, Windows and Office products. They could be exploited by […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comOct 12, 2016, 9:34 AM
  • Microsoft’s latest security bulletins patch tens of vulnerabilities affecting the company’s products. Four of the 36 unique CVE identifiers cover flaws that have been exploited in the wild.

    newswww.securityweek.comOct 12, 2016, 8:31 AM
  • It is the first month for Microsoft’s new patching model. Older Windows OSes will be treated like Windows 10, with the patches all rolled into a big bundle meant to fix security and non-security issues. However, there will also be a monthly security update that is supposed to resolve that month’s issues without the previous […]

    newswww.csoonline.comOct 11, 2016, 6:59 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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