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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-3351

Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published Sep 13, 2016 · catalog updated Aug 13, 2026 · Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge

Patch now

CVE-2016-3351 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 14, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
26.48%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/edge · cpe microsoft/internet explorer · vendor Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that certain functions in Internet Explorer and Edge handle objects in memory. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe microsoft/edgeversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer10
  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer11
  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer9
  • vendor Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edgeversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-3351

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-3351 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 14, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with microsoft/internet explorer 10; microsoft/internet explorer 11; microsoft/internet explorer 9. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. EPSS 26.48%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 14, 2016 · Catalog

    Detected

    An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that certain functions in Internet Explorer and Edge handle objects in memory. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.

  2. May 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Jun 14, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Aug 13, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that certain functions in Internet Explorer and Edge handle objects in memory. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-3351

    An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that certain functions in Internet Explorer and Edge handle objects in memory. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-3351

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-3351

    30-day exploitation probability 26.5%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-3351

    Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-3351

    An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that certain functions in Internet Explorer and Edge handle objects in memory. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.