Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CVE-2015-1691

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9 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-2015-1712.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.156 (96.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 8, 9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)