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CVE-2015-0040

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 30.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0018, CVE-2015-0037, and CVE-2015-0066.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 11

References

• http://blog.skylined.nl/20161114001.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539752/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72410
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031723
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-009
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40757/
• http://blog.skylined.nl/20161114001.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539752/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72410
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031723
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-009
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40757/

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