CVE-2015-2542 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11, and Microsoft Edge. 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 a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited with medium attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, the vulnerability was reportedly exploited in the wild at the time of its discovery, garnering significant media attention and community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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.
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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.