CVE-2015-6055

critical
Published 2015-10-14 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.3

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 crafted Filter arguments, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftjscript5.6
windows microsoftjscript5.7
windows microsoftjscript5.8
windows microsoftvbscript5.6
windows microsoftvbscript5.7
windows microsoftvbscript5.8
windows microsoftinternet_explorer8
windows microsoftinternet_explorer9
windows microsoftinternet_explorer10
windows microsoftinternet_explorer11

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.