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CVE-2015-2502

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 8.8 · HighBuzz score 49.1KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 49.1

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Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
16.1
4 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
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Why it matters now

Mention timeline

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Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
4 source links · newest first
  • Just-Patched Internet Explorer Flaw Used in Watering Hole AttacksSecurityWeek

    Malicious actors have leveraged the critical Internet Explorer vulnerability patched by Microsoft on Tuesday to deliver a piece of malware through various legitimate websites, including the one of a Hong Kong church.

    newswww.securityweek.comAug 20, 2015, 10:19 AM
  • Critical Zero-Day flaw – Microsoft Pushes Emergency IE PatchSecurity Affairs

    Microsoft has pushed an emergency patch to remediate a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is actively being exploited in-the-wild. Today, August 18th, 2015, Microsoft released an emergency patch after being notified of a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Internet Explorer. All versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer from IE7 to IE11 are affected by this zero-day vulnerability. […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comAug 19, 2015, 6:57 AM
  • Microsoft issues emergency patch for IE flaw exploited in the wildHelp Net Security

    Microsoft has pushed out an emergency out-of-band Internet Explorer update, which fixes a critical memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2015-2502) that is being actively exploited in attacks in the wild.“All version of Internet Explorer v7-v11 are affected. Users of the new Edge Browser on Windows 10 are not affected,” says Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek.“This vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user,” Microsoft … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comAug 19, 2015, 2:47 AM
  • Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Critical IE Flaw Exploited in the WildSecurityWeek

    Microsoft issued an emergency out-of-band update on Tuesday to fix a critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-2502) being actively exploited in the wild and affecting all versions of Internet Explorer from IE 7 through 11.

    newswww.securityweek.comAug 18, 2015, 10:25 PM

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