vbscript.dll in Microsoft VBScript 5.6 through 5.8, as used with Internet Explorer 6…
Priority MEDIUM 59CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
vbscript.dll in Microsoft VBScript 5.6 through 5.8, as used with Internet Explorer 6 through 11 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "VBScript Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.20108 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 9
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.6 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.7 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.8 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6 | Running on | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7 | Running on | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8 | Running on | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9 | Running on | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10 | Running on | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11 | Running on | Microsoft |
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.7 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vbscript:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.8 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 Running on ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7 Running on ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8 Running on ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9 Running on ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 Running on ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11 Running on ·Microsoft
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-2372
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r4mg-h5r6-8pcg
More Microsoft Vbscript vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-00162 The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2014-00260 The VBScript engine in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11, and VBScript 5.6 through… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2015-02183 The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2014-05236 vbscript.dll in Microsoft VBScript 5.6 through 5.8, as used with Internet Explorer 6… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2011-00579 Multiple integer overflows in the Microsoft (1) JScript 5.6 through 5.8 and (2) VBScript… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2015-05190 The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2015-2372 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-2372 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r4mg-h5r6-8pcg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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