CVE-2015-6184 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via malformed CSS tokens in Internet Explorer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-6184?
CVE-2015-6184 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 9 Mar 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The CAttrArray object implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (type confusion and memory corruption) via a malformed Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence in conjunction with modifications to HTML elements, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6048 and CVE-2015-6049.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6184?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6184?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-6184 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6184 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-328f-gjph-mp98.