CVE-2015-1682: microsoft excel

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-1682 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft excel. EPSS estimates a 20.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 13-05-2015
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Office 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Office for Mac 2011, Excel for Mac 2011, PowerPoint for Mac 2011, Word for Mac 2011, PowerPoint Viewer, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, Excel Web App 2010 SP2, Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1, SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP2, and SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.