CVE-2015-2498

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2486, CVE-2015-2487, CVE-2015-2490, CVE-2015-2492, CVE-2015-2494, and CVE-2015-2499.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76579
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033487
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-424
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-094
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76579
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033487
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-424
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-094

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