CVE-2015-2424

Microsoft PowerPoint: Memory Corruption

As of , CVE-2015-2424 in Microsoft PowerPoint is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2022
US federal deadline
24 March 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
0.40Higher than 98% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.39 on 3 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 PowerPoint allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document.

CISA's description

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, and PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The CVE record's description, from microsoft

CVE published
14 July 2015
Assigned by
microsoft
CVSS
8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

PowerPoint: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2010-2572Buffer OverflowMicrosoft PowerPointPatch this weekEPSS 0.590.59

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