CVE-2015-2502

CVE-2015-2502 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 13, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 4, 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.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in August 2015.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• http://twitter.com/Laughing_Mantis/statuses/633839231840841728
• http://twitter.com/Laughing_Mantis/statuses/633839771865886721
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76403
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033317
• http://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-issues-emergency-patch-critical-ie-flaw-exploited-wild
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-093
• http://twitter.com/Laughing_Mantis/statuses/633839231840841728
• http://twitter.com/Laughing_Mantis/statuses/633839771865886721