CVE-2015-2492 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted website. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is considered critical due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.