CVE-2016-3298 is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. Exploits are available; patches have been released and should be applied urgently. This is classified as a zero-day vulnerability.
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High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS predicts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days based on real-world threat data, complementing CVSS severity scores with actual risk assessment.
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Internet Messaging API improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could allow the attacker to test for the presence of files on disk.
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| Microsoft | Internet Explorer |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft | Windows Rt 8.1 |
| Microsoft | Windows Vista |
| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1507 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1607 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1511 |
| Microsoft | Windows 7 |