National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2015-0042
Original release date: 02/10/2015
Last revised: 02/11/2015
Source: US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 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-2015-0038 and CVE-2015-0046.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type: Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: MS
Name: MS15-009
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Technical Details
- Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
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