Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Federal due date
2022-03-24
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Office
EPSS
98.8th percentile (score 0.729, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1642

CISA short description

Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

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EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.