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CVE-2015-2424: Microsoft PowerPoint Memory Corruption Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2015-2424
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Microsoft PowerPoint allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: PowerPointRemote code executionDenial of serviceMemory corruption
What
A memory corruption vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted documents.
Who is affected
Users of Microsoft PowerPoint.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and rated critical.
Action
Update Microsoft PowerPoint to the latest version.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2424

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2015-2424coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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