CVE-2015-1641 — Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2015-1641

CVE-2015-1641: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	Microsoft
Product	Office
Date added	2021-11-03
Due date	2022-05-03
Ransomware campaign use	Unknown

Description

Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to failure to properly handle rich text format files in memory. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution in the context of the current user.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1641

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1641
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog