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CVE-2015-2482

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 32.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-10-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Jscript: 5.6, 5.7, 5.8
• Microsoft Vbscript: 5.6, 5.7, 5.8

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/54
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033800
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-515
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-108
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40798/
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/54
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033800
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-515
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-108
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40798/

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