CVE-2016-3222

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

56.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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.

Published

2016-06-16 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:47Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-15

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

ba7a64ad696a77bfcfdf22935c92735ee813bcd430ea4ce97975a2545879f5f3

• blog.skylined.nlhttp://blog.skylined.nl/20161205001.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com40880https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40880/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-371x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140043/Microsoft-Edge-CBase-Scriptable-Private-Query-Interface-Memory-Corruption.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20161205 CVE-2016-3222: MS Edge CBaseScriptable::PrivateQueryInterface memory corruptionhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/16mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securitytracker.com1036099http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036099vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• docs.microsoft.comMS16-068https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-068vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.securityfocus.com91094http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91094vdb-entryx_refsource_BID