CVE-2015-2482

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
64.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: October 14, 2015 (3866 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted replace operation with a JavaScript regular expression, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

microsoft jscriptmicrosoft vbscript

References

🔗 seclists.org 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.zerodayinitiative.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com