How severe is CVE-2015-1642?

CVE-2015-1642 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 53.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2015-1642: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-03

Remediation due

2022-03-24

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1642

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, and 2013 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

3 Links

Vendor advisories

MS15-081

Third-party advisories

20150901 Microsoft Word "TaskSymbol Control" Use After Free Vulnerability

Vulnerability databases

1033239

Record Details

Published

2015-08-15

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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