CVE-2015-2424

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2022-03-03

Actively exploited. CVE-2015-2424 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching 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

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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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2015-2424: Microsoft PowerPoint Memory Corruption Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03

External references

NVD record for CVE-2015-2424

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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