CVE-2015-2426 is a critical buffer underflow vulnerability in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library (atmfd.dll) affecting numerous Microsoft Windows versions, including Vista, Windows 7, 8, 8.1, RT, and Server 2008/2012. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted OpenType font. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk. It can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious font file), and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog. Publicly available exploit code exists, including a Metasploit module, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its widespread impact and exploitability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.