CVE-2015-1671 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows DirectWrite library, impacting numerous Microsoft products including .NET Framework, Office, Lync, and Silverlight. Attackers can exploit this flaw by tricking users into opening a specially crafted TrueType font file. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and user interaction required. This CVE is actively exploited in the wild, as indicated by its presence in the KEV catalog and high EPSS score, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, despite no public exploit code being readily available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.