What is CVE-2016-7278?

CVE-2016-7278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-7278?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CVE-2016-7278

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Windows Hyperlink Object Library Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.147 (96.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 9, 10, 11
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7278?: CVE-2016-7278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-7278?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.