CVE-2015-1671
Published 2015-05-13 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2015-1671 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 25, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 15, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.
All 390 known-exploited Microsoft vulnerabilities →Description
The Windows DirectWrite library, as used in Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2; Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2; Live Meeting 2007 Console; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; Lync 2013 SP1; Lync Basic 2013 SP1; Silverlight 5 before 5.1.40416.00; and Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime before 5.1.40416.00, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Windows
Name: Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-05-25 · Due: 2022-06-15
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74490
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032281
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-044
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74490
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032281
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-044
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1671

