CVE-2015-6122

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel for Mac 2011, 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."

Published: 2015-12-09 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-6122 is rated High Risk (74.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 37.55%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-6122

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-06-30 34.20% 37.55% +3.35%
2 2025-03-30 43.70% 34.20% -9.50%
3 2025-03-29 — 43.70% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-6122

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-6122

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-6122

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft excel 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp1:*:*:*:x86:*:*
microsoft excel 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft excel_for_mac 2011 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_for_mac:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel_viewer — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_compatibility_pack — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-6122

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