CVE-2015-1641
Microsoft Office: Memory Corruption
As of , CVE-2015-1641 in Microsoft Office is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 November 2021
- US federal deadline
- 3 May 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.97Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- Not availableCISA listed it before 4 February 2022, where the EPSS files we read begin.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to failure to properly handle rich text format files in memory. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution in the context of the current user.
CISA's description
Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, and Office Web Apps Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 14 April 2015
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-787
- Out-of-bounds Write
- CWE-399
- Resource Management Errors
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Office: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2010-3333Stack-based Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.89; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.89 | ||
| CVE-2016-3235OLE DLL Side Loading | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekMetasploit module; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.43 | ||
| CVE-2017-11882Memory Corruption | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2026-21509Security Feature Bypass | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.71 | 0.71 | ||
| CVE-2009-0556PowerPoint Code Injection | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
| CVE-2023-23397Outlook Privilege Escalation | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.97 | 0.97 | ||
| CVE-2009-0563Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.63 | 0.63 | ||
| CVE-2013-1331Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.80 | 0.80 | ||
| CVE-2012-1856MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.72 | 0.72 | ||
| CVE-2015-2545Malformed EPS File | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.86 | 0.86 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org