Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2015-6184
The CAttrArray object implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (type confusion and memory corruption) via a malformed Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence in conjunction with modifications to HTML elements, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6048 and CVE-2015-6049.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.140 (96.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.143 · newest: 0.140 · change: -0.003
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 7, 8, 9
- Microsoft Windows 10
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-re… (third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-6184?
- CVE-2015-6184 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-03-09.
- How severe is CVE-2015-6184?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-6184 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.