Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CVE-2015-6045

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CElement object implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted JavaScript that improperly interacts with use of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) empty-cells property for a TABLE element, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.193 (97.3th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2015-6045: held from 0.193 to 0.193.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.193 · newest: 0.193 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6045?
CVE-2015-6045 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Published 2015-11-13.
Is CVE-2015-6045 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.