How severe is CVE-2015-2545?

CVE-2015-2545 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 85.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2015-2545: Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File 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-2015-2545

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image, aka "Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File 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

MS15-099

Vulnerability databases

1033488

Other references

http://blog.morphisec.com/exploit-bypass-emet-cve-2015-2545

Record Details

Published

2015-09-09

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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