CVE-2015-2424

CVSS 8.8 HIGHEPSS 38.5%● KEVCWE-787

In short

A flaw in Microsoft Office applications (Word and PowerPoint) allows attackers to crash the program or run malicious code by sending a specially crafted document. This happens because the software doesn't properly check memory access.

Technical detail

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability (CWE-787) in Office 2007-2013 applications triggered by parsing malformed Office documents. Remote attackers can achieve arbitrary code execution or denial of service through memory corruption; the vector is user interaction (opening a crafted file).

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, and PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

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References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-070 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-2424 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032899