01 Record

CVE-2016-0187

The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 21.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 97.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-05-11 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 22:08Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-04

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

712519b767aa7e7eaf8ffc5e06f1588f4280fc7614038a57740d206d8af1eff4

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftinternet_explorerNot specified—

microsoftjscriptNot specified—

microsoftvbscriptNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com90011http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90011vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
docs.microsoft.comMS16-051https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-051vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
docs.microsoft.comMS16-053https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-053vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
www.securitytracker.com1035820http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK