CVE-2015-6042 — Use After Free in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CWE-416 — Use After Free4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
39.7%
top 2.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedOct 14
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CWindow object implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5fv2-p56v-gjq9: Use-after-free vulnerability in the CWindow object implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2015-6042: Use-after-free vulnerability in the CWindow object implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code↗2015-10-14
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler detects IE & MS Office Vulnerabilities | 10-13-2015↗
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CVE-2015-6042 — Use After Free in Microsoft | cvebase