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CVE-2015-2493 (GCVE-0-2015-2493)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:17
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76575 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033487 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2015-09-08 00:00
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