How severe is CVE-2016-0189?

CVE-2016-0189 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 94.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2016-0189: Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-28

Remediation due

2022-04-18

Ransomware

Known use

Required action
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CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0189

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 17, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2016-0189 to the KEV catalog 2,147 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 391 Microsoft entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 166 added in 2022.
Its current EPSS score (94.1%) is higher than that of 77% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

6 Links

Vendor advisories

Exploits & PoCs

40118

Vulnerability databases

Other references

https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2017/01/journey-and-evolution-god-mode-2016-cve-2016-0189/

Record Details

Published

2016-05-11

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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