CVE-2015-2426

Key facts

CVSS score

8.8 (v3.1)

Severity

HIGH

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-119

EPSS score

86.6% (100th percentile)

In CISA KEV

Yes, added March 28, 2022

In EU EUVD

Yes (EUVD-2015-2519)

Published

July 20, 2015

NVD last modified

June 17, 2026

Status

Analyzed

Affected products

• microsoft / windows 10
• microsoft / windows 7
• microsoft / windows 8
• microsoft / windows 8.1
• microsoft / windows rt
• microsoft / windows rt 8.1
• microsoft / windows server 2008
• microsoft / windows server 2008
• microsoft / windows server 2008
• microsoft / windows server 2012
• microsoft / windows server 2012
• microsoft / windows vista

Certified products that may be affected

15 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

• Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows RT - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10620-2015 - archived
• Windows 7 BitLocker™ Drive Encryption - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1332 - historical
• Microsoft Windows 7 Kernel Mode Cryptographic Primitives Library (cng.sys) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1328 - historical
• Microsoft Windows Vista Kernel Mode Security Support Provider Interface (ksecdd.sys) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1000 - historical
• Microsoft Windows Vista Cryptographic Primitives Library (bcrypt.dll) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1001 - historical

See all 15 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

• http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/a-look-at-the-open-type-font-manager-vulnerability-from-the-hacking-team-leak/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/103336(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75951(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032991(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-078(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-2426(US Government Resource)
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38222/(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)