Vulnerability · CVE-2015-2545
Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability
Published Sep 8, 2015 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Office
Patch now
CVE-2015-2545 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 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
- 85.94%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/office · vendor Microsoft Office · vendor n/a n/a
Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image, aka "Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability."
Are you affected?
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- cpe microsoft/office2007
- cpe microsoft/office2010
- cpe microsoft/office2013
- cpe microsoft/office2016
- vendor Microsoft Officeversion unspecified
- vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2015-2545
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Mar 24, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2015-2545 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 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 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. EPSS 85.94%. 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.
Sep 8, 2015 · Catalog
Detected
Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image, aka "Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability."
Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image, aka "Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability."
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-2545
Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-2545
Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image, aka "Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability."
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-2545
30-day exploitation probability 85.9%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2015-2545
Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image, aka "Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability."
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-2545
Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image.
vulncheck.com
References
- Exploit · blog.morphisec.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · download.microsoft.com
- Broken Link · securitytracker.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · docs.google.com
- Patch · docs.microsoft.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · securelist.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
- US Government Resource · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · fireeye.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · proofpoint.com
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.