The scripting engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft Edge 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," as demonstrated by the Chakra JavaScript engine, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7200, CVE-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7240, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The scripting engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft Edge 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," as demonstrated by the Chakra JavaScript
    engine, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7200, CVE-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208,
    CVE-2016-7240, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243. (CVE-2016-7202)

The version of Internet Explorer installed on the remote Windows host is missing Cumulative Security Update 3204059. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, the most severe of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted website, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

The version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is missing Cumulative Security Update 3199057. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including remote code execution vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted website, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
437152	SCA: security update for Microsoft.ChakraCore (GHSA-mmfq-r3rg-8r7w)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
437152	SCA: security update for Microsoft.ChakraCore (GHSA-mmfq-r3rg-8r7w)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
95764	MS16-144: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3204059)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	Local	high
94630	MS16-129: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3199057)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	Local	high

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CVE-2016-7202

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