---
id: "CVE-2015-2425"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2015-2425"]
title: "Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service\u2026"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.44727
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "runtime"
products: [{"name": "Microsoft Internet Explorer", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "microsoft internet explorer", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 11", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "internet-explorer", "runtime", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["no-internet-explorer-installed"]
published_at: "2015-07-14T21:59:36+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:29:04+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2015-2425", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2425", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2425", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:29:04+00:00"}]
---

# Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service…

Microsoft Internet Explorer has a memory corruption flaw that lets a remote attacker run code or crash the browser. It is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, so attacks have been seen in the wild.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Microsoft Internet Explorer affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:microsoft internet explorer affected = 11 fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the Microsoft security update for Internet Explorer per vendor instructions; the specific patch name is not in the sources.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2015-2425
- 2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2425
- 2026-10-23T22:29:04+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2425

## From the sources

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2383 and CVE-2015-2384.

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