⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-04-13. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-05-04. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2015-2502Out-of-bounds Write in Microsoft Internet Explorer

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
22.6%
top 4.14%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-04-13
Due 2022-05-04
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
KEV addedApr 13
KEV dueMay 4
Latest updateMay 14
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

NVDmicrosoft/internet_explorer5 versions+4

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-8g3x-8p3x-3f3c: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a craf2022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2015-2502: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a craf2015-08-19
VulnCheck
Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability2015

📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability2022-04-13

🕵️Threat Intelligence

7
Krebs
Microsoft Pushes Emergency Patch for IE2015-08-18
Talos
Microsoft Internet Explorer Out of Band Advisory2015-08-18
Qualys
MS15-093 - OOB fix for Internet Explorer | Qualys2015-08-18
Talos
Microsoft Internet Explorer Out of Band Advisory2015-08-18
Qualys
MS15-093 - OOB fix for Internet Explorer | Qualys2015-08-18
CVE-2015-2502 — Out-of-bounds Write in Microsoft | cvebase