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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-2523

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel for Mac 2011 and 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 30.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel for Mac 2011 and 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
30.31% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 September 2015
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
microsoft/excel · microsoft/excel viewer · microsoft/office compatibility pack
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%18%35%4 November 2026: 30.31%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 30.3% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-38214source ↗Microsoft Excel 2007/2010/2013 - BIFFRecord Use-After-Freewindows · Google Security Researchdos16 September 2015yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.