# CVE-2016-0189: Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

> CVE-2016-0189: Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability. CVSS 7.5 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2016-0189
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:55:52Z

- Published: 2016-05-11 01:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55 UTC · Assigner: microsoft
- CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 94.1%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-28, federal due date 2022-04-18, ransomware use: Known

## 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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Microsoft: Internet Explorer

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0189)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0189)
- [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-051](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://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-053)
- [https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40118/](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.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2017/01/journey-and-evolution-god-mode-2016-cve-2016-0189/)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90012](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90012)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820](http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820)

---

_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


---
Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2016-0189 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2016-0189.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2016-0189 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:01:45.026Z