CVE-2015-2482 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft VBScript and JScript engines, present in Internet Explorer versions 8 through 11 and other products. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through a crafted regular expression in a replace operation. With a CVSS score of 9.3 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating easy network exploitation with complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists for a related use-after-free vulnerability, and despite its severity, there is minimal public discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:jscript:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:jscript:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:jscript:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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