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.”
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2482
Reference (s):
- EXPLOIT-DB:40798
- URL: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40798/
- FULLDISC:20151013 JScript 5.7 (MSIE 8) RegExpBase::FBadHeader regular expression use-after-free
- URL: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/54
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-515