CVE-2016-0189

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.941 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 4 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

94.1% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.6 · high

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-03-28remediate by 2022-04-18

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 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 (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0187.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.6highAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 10

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.9

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-119US

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/browser/ms16_051_vbscriptInternet Explorer 11 VBScript Engine Memory Corruptionfunctional · metasploit
EDB-40118Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 10) - VBScript Memory Corruption (MS16-051)PoC · exploit_db
deamwork/MS16-051-poc对CVE-2016-0189漏洞补丁的分析PoC · poc_in_github
theori-io/cve-2016-0189Proof-of-Concept exploit for CVE-2016-0189 (VBScript Memory Corruption in IE11)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Internet Explorer≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Internet Explorer≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Internet Explorer≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp JScript≤ 5.8fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp VBScript≤ 5.7fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp VBScript≤ 5.8fstec_bduRU
microsoft internet explorer= 10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet explorer= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet explorer= 9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft jscript= 5.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:jscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft vbscript= 5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft vbscript= 5.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-05-11modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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