CVE-2015-1730
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 29.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 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."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 - 'jscript9' JavaScriptStackWalker Memory Corruption (MS15-056) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 40881remote, windowspublished 6 Dec 2016Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 40881 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 29.1% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- MS15-056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 40881 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://blog.skylined.nl/20161206001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20150701 Microsoft Internet Explorer "JavascriptStackWalker" Invalid Pointer Reference Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140050/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-9-jscript9-JavaScriptStackWalker-Memory-Corruption.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1032521 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-1860 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-1730)Record last updated .