{
    "id": "CVE-2016-0189",
    "published": "2016-05-11 01:59:30",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:37:05",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-787",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.94062",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99845",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-04-18",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:20:30",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-04-18."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "internet_explorer"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "jscript"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "vbscript"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_10_1507"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_10_1511"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_7"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_8.1"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_rt_8.1"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2008"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2012"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_vista"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2016-0189",
        "date_added": "2022-03-28",
        "due_date": "2022-04-18",
        "vendor": "Microsoft",
        "product": "Internet Explorer",
        "name": "Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 1
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40118",
            "title": "Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 10) - VBScript Memory Corruption (MS16-051)",
            "date": "2016-06-22",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40118"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90012",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-051",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-053",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40118/",
        "https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2017/01/journey-and-evolution-god-mode-2016-cve-2016-0189/",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90012",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-051",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-053",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40118/",
        "https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2017/01/journey-and-evolution-god-mode-2016-cve-2016-0189/",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0189"
    ]
}