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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 19.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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."

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
19.32% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%10%20%4 November 2026: 19.32%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 19.3% 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.

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