How severe is CVE-2015-2424?

CVE-2015-2424 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 40.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2015-2424: Microsoft PowerPoint Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft PowerPoint 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
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CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2424

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."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 13, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2015-2424 to the KEV catalog 2,424 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 390 Microsoft entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 166 added in 2022.
Its current EPSS score (40.4%) is higher than that of 46% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

2 Links

Vendor advisories

MS15-070

Vulnerability databases

1032899

Record Details

Published

2015-07-14

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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