CVE-2015-0086

Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. No fix published yet.

CVSS 2.09.3Critical EPSS percentile96th13% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixNone yetNo fix or workaround published

Published 2015-03-11Updated 2026-05-06Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

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What it is

From the CVE record

Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 Gold and SP1, Word 2013 RT Gold and SP1, Word Viewer, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 Gold and SP1, Web Applications 2010 SP2, and Web Apps Server 2013 Gold and SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted RTF document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS96th

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

13% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 96th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

4 events over 4124 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-06-25OpenVAS check added
2026-05-06Record updated
2015-03-11Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

microsoftcommercial · US
- officeDesktop AppConsumer Software / productivity
- office compatibility packDesktop AppOn-premConsumer Software / productivity
- office web apps serverOn-premOperating Systems
- sharepoint serverWeb AppOn-premEnterprise Software / collaboration-groupware
- web applicationsOn-premOperating Systems / windows
- wordDesktop AppOn-premConsumer Software / productivity
- word viewerDesktop AppOn-premConsumer Software / productivity

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Scored 9.3 by NVD.

How it is reached

Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
Access Complexity MediumSome conditions must be met
Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality CompleteAll information is disclosed
Integrity CompleteAll data can be modified
Availability CompleteTotal shutdown of the affected resource

Weaknesses

CWE-399No name in the record

Sources

References in the record

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