CVE-2015-1686
The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.6 through 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.6 through 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "VBScript and…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.6 through 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.6 through 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "VBScript and JScript ASLR Bypass."
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 16.16% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer · microsoft/vbscript
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 16.2% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74530
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032282
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-043
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-053
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74530
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032282
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-043
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-053
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.