Actively exploited · Published May 13, 2015 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2015-1671

High 7.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Windows from Microsoft. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on May 25, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 48.8% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)48.8%top 1.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since May 25, 2022

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 15, 2022.

Official description

The Windows DirectWrite library, as used in Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2; Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2; Live Meeting 2007 Console; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; Lync 2013 SP1; Lync Basic 2013 SP1; Silverlight 5 before 5.1.40416.00; and Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime before 5.1.40416.00, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

MS15-044 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
1032281 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
74490 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1671 government-resource