CVE-2016-3248: Microsoft Edge

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Microsoft (1) JScript 9, (2) VBScript, and (3) Chakra JavaScript engines, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11, Microsoft Edge, 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-2016-3259.

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: any version
• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 9 only; version 10 only; version 11 only

Published 2016-07-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.