CVE-2015-2376: microsoft excel

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-2376 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft excel. EPSS estimates a 15.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-07-2015
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Office for Mac 2011, Excel Viewer 2007 SP3, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2007 SP3, Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, and Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office 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.