CVE-2016-3391
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge allow context-dependent attackers to...
CVE-2016-3391 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Microsoft Edge, published October 14, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.94%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge allow context-dependent attackers to discover credentials by leveraging access to a memory dump, aka "Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.3
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge allow context-dependent attackers to discover credentials by leveraging access to a memory dump, aka "Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-3391- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 Low
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge allow context-dependent attackers to discover credentials by leveraging access to a memory dump, aka "Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-3391- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4417 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge allow context-dependent attackers to discover credentials by leveraging access to a memory dump, aka "Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2016-4417- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qcrg-7gwp-23jq
5.3
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge allow context-dependent attackers to...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge allow context-dependent attackers to discover credentials by leveraging access to a memory dump, aka "Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-qcrg-7gwp-23jq- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
References
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-119
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-118
securitytracker.com/id/1036993
securitytracker.com/id/1036992
securityfocus.com/bid/93379
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3391
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qcrg-7gwp-23jq