CVE-2016-3247

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

71.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.4% 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.

Published

2016-09-14 10:00Z9 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

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

beaa763a6f3b91a310e285c3cd5ac8d25b96e79cac0fbeeeddb6cffe59270faa

• www.securitytracker.com1036789http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036789vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com92828http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92828vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• seclists.org20161118 CVE-2016-3247 Microsoft Edge CTextExtractor::GetBlockText OOB read detailshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/111mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com20161118 CVE-2016-3247 Microsoft Edge CTextExtractor::GetBlockText OOB read detailshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539779/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• blog.skylined.nlhttp://blog.skylined.nl/20161118002.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• docs.microsoft.comMS16-104https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-104vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• docs.microsoft.comMS16-105https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-105vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.securitytracker.com1036788http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036788vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com40797https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40797/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB