fix(eslint-plugin): [prefer-regexp-exec] skip malformed regexes

[yassin-kammoun-sonarsource]

PR Checklist

• Addresses an existing open issue: fixes Bug: [prefer-regexp-exec] Runtime errors on malformed regular expressions #6928
• That issue was marked as accepting prs
• Steps in Contributing were taken

Overview

The fix try-catches any string literals denoting malformed regular expressions passed to the function constructor RegExp. If a runtime error is thrown, the visited node is skipped, and no issue is reported.

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Codecov Report

Merging #6935 (63192f3) into main (4f3750f) will increase coverage by 0.00%.
The diff coverage is 100.00%.

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...ages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/prefer-regexp-exec.ts	100.00% <100.00%> (ø)

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

💯 perfect, thanks!