CVE-2015-2480 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2015-2480?

CVE-2015-2480 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Microsoft .Net Framework, published on 15 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The RyuJIT compiler in Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 produces incorrect code during an attempt at optimization, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .NET application, aka "RyuJIT Optimization Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2479 and CVE-2015-2481.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2480?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft .Net Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2015-2480?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-2480 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2015-2480 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qhm7-vwgg-7f9q.