CVE-2015-2502 KEV
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 51% (pctl 99)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-04.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in August 2015.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 51% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-05-04 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2015-08-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-04-13 |
| Due | 2022-05-04 |
| Vendor / product | Microsoft / Internet Explorer |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (9)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
| microsoft | windows 10 1507 |
| microsoft | windows 7 |
| microsoft | windows 8 |
| microsoft | windows 8.1 |
| microsoft | windows rt 8.1 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows server 2012 |
| microsoft | windows vista |
References
- http://twitter.com/Laughing_Mantis/statuses/633839231840841728
- http://twitter.com/Laughing_Mantis/statuses/633839771865886721
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76403
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033317
- http://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-issues-emergency-patch-critical-ie-flaw-exploited-wild
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-093
- http://twitter.com/Laughing_Mantis/statuses/633839231840841728
- http://twitter.com/Laughing_Mantis/statuses/633839771865886721
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76403
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033317
- http://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-issues-emergency-patch-critical-ie-flaw-exploited-wild
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-093
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-2502
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