{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 9 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2015-2546 in the wild since at least 15 Mar 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2015-2546 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 5 Apr 2022.","what":"CVE-2015-2546 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 9 Sep 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2015-2546 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2015-2546 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 9 Sep 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2015-2546 in the wild since at least 15 Mar 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2546/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2546/index.md)","id":"CVE-2015-2546","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2546/index.md","name":"CVE-2015-2546","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-5c8h-c2cj-96mm"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Windows kernel driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can gain elevated privileges via a crafted application exploiting a memory corruption flaw in the Windows kernel-mode 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and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka \"Win32k Memory Corruption Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability,\" a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2511, CVE-2015-2517, and CVE-2015-2518.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2017-05-25","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":21,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2017-05-25T14:20:34Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/k0keoyo/CVE-2015-2546-Exploit","stars":21,"title":null}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Microsoft Win32k Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2015-2546","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2022-03-15","dueDate":"2022-04-05","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","product":"Win32k","requiredAction":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","vendorProject":"Microsoft","vulnerabilityName":"Microsoft Win32k Memory Corruption 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Windows SMB Client Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2025-33073","kev_date_added":"2025-10-20","published":"2025-06-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2024-49039","kev_date_added":"2024-11-12","published":"2024-11-12"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing","id":"CVE-2024-43461","kev_date_added":"2024-09-16","published":"2024-09-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass","id":"CVE-2024-30040","kev_date_added":"2024-05-14","published":"2024-05-14"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass","id":"CVE-2023-36025","kev_date_added":"2023-11-14","published":"2023-11-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 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