CVE-2015-2482

high

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."

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40798/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-108

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-515

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033800

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/54

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-10-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High