CVE-2016-0002: Microsoft Jscript

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 23.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Jscript: version 5.7 only; version 5.8 only
• Microsoft Vbscript: version 5.7 only; version 5.8 only

Published 2016-01-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.