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CVE-2015-2516

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Improper input validation
4.3CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

Windows Journal in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (data loss) via a crafted .jnt file, aka "Windows Journal DoS Vulnerability."

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)12%

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-098 ↗