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Vulnerability · CVE-2015-1641

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published Apr 14, 2015 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Office

Patch now

CVE-2015-1641 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Office against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
97.25%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/office · cpe microsoft/office compatibility pack · cpe microsoft/office web apps · cpe microsoft/outlook · cpe microsoft/sharepoint server · cpe microsoft/word

Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, and Office Web Apps Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Are you affected?

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  • cpe microsoft/office2010
  • cpe microsoft/office compatibility packversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/office web apps2010
  • cpe microsoft/office web apps2013
  • cpe microsoft/outlook2011
  • cpe microsoft/sharepoint server2010
  • cpe microsoft/sharepoint server2013
  • cpe microsoft/word2007
  • vendor Microsoft Officeversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2015-1641

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2015-1641 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Office against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with microsoft/office web apps 2010; microsoft/office web apps 2013; microsoft/sharepoint server 2010; microsoft/sharepoint server 2013. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-399; CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 97.25%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 14, 2015 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, and Office Web Apps Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, and Office Web Apps Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-1641

    Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to failure to properly handle rich text format files in memory. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution in the context of the current user.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-1641

    Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, and Office Web Apps Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-1641

    30-day exploitation probability 97.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2015-1641

    Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, and Office Web Apps Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-1641

    Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to failure to properly handle rich text format files in memory. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution in the context of the current user.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.