Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-05-25
• EPSS: 45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 99% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2383 and CVE-2015-2384.

CISA: Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 15 Jun 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

• Patch on docs.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

• www.securitytracker.com/id/1032894Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-065PatchVendor Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource