CVE-2016-7278: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 14.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Windows Hyperlink Object Library Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

Published 2016-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.