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Vulnerability · CVE-2015-2424

Microsoft PowerPoint Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published Jun 30, 2015 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft PowerPoint

Patch now

CVE-2015-2424 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Microsoft PowerPoint 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
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
40.39%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/excel viewer · cpe microsoft/office · cpe microsoft/office compatibility pack · cpe microsoft/powerpoint · vendor Microsoft PowerPoint · vendor n/a n/a

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, and PowerPoint 2013 RT 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."

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  • cpe microsoft/excel viewer2007
  • cpe microsoft/office2007
  • cpe microsoft/office2010
  • cpe microsoft/office2011
  • cpe microsoft/office2013
  • cpe microsoft/office compatibility packversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/powerpoint2007
  • vendor Microsoft PowerPointversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2015-2424

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2015-2424 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Microsoft PowerPoint 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/excel viewer 2007. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-119: Buffer Overflow; CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 40.39%. 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. Jul 14, 2015 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, and PowerPoint 2013 RT 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."

  2. Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, and PowerPoint 2013 RT 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."

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-2424

    Microsoft PowerPoint allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-2424

    Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, and PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document, aka "M

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-2424

    30-day exploitation probability 40.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2015-2424

    Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, and PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document, aka "M

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-2424

    Microsoft PowerPoint allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document.

    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.