CVE-2016-0189

The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer...

7.5 HighIn KEVPublic exploit

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.

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: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

94.1%Down 0.9 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2016-0189
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.6 HighAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 7.5

Record: CVE-2016-0189
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-0226 7.5

Record: EUVD-2016-0226
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qw68-vqp7-ff9r 7.5

The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer...

Record: GHSA-qw68-vqp7-ff9r
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-119, CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

CISA KEV No score

Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

The Microsoft JScript nd VBScript engines, as used in Internet Explorer and other products, allow attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

Record: CVE-2016-0189
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Metasploit	Internet Explorer 11 VBScript Engine Memory Corruption	2016-05-10
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 10) - VBScript Memory Corruption (MS16-051)	2016-06-22
PoC in GitHub	theori-io/cve-2016-0189	2016-06-22
PoC in GitHub	deamwork/MS16-051-poc	2016-06-25

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	exploitation, exploits
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-0189 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published May 11, 2016. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since March 28, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since March 28, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 94.1%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.