CVE-2015-2493 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
20.8%
top 4.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedSep 9
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The (1) VBScript and (2) JScript engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-m95w-5rxj-7rwx: The (1) VBScript and (2) JScript engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of servic↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2015-2493: The (1) VBScript and (2) JScript engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of servic↗2015-09-09
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler detects IE & MS Office Vulnerabilities | 09-09-2015↗
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CVE-2015-2493 — Microsoft vulnerability | cvebase