CVE-2015-2477 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Office for Mac 2011, Office for Mac 2016, and Word Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.13601.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2011::::mac:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016::::mac:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer::::::::

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Office Subscribe Word Viewer Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033239
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-081

History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2015-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T21:14:39.338Z

Reserved: 2015-03-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2477

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:17:27.001Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-15T00:59:36.907

Modified: 2026-10-14T22:17:04.510

Link: CVE-2015-2477

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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