CVE-2015-2520
highpriority · attend · 57EPSS 0.277 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel for Mac 2011 and 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.4–9.3
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-38215Microsoft Office 2007 - BIFFRecord Length Use-After-Freefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (15)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft office compatibility packall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (5)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-099cnnvd
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-099Patchcnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38215/enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488nvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099nvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38215/nvd
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