CVE-2015-1770
Microsoft Office: Uninitialized Memory Use
As of , CVE-2015-1770 in Microsoft Office is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 28 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 18 April 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.35Higher than 98% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.44 on 28 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document.
CISA's description
Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Vulnerability."
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 10 June 2015
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-824
- Access of Uninitialized Pointer
- CWE-19
- Data Processing 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