Vulnerability CVE-2015-2482
Published: 2015-10-13   Modified: 2015-10-14

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."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
JScript 5.7 RegExpBase::FBadHeader Use-After-Free
SkyLined
16.10.2015

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Jscript 
Microsoft -> Vbscript 

 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/
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