CVE-2015-6103
The Adobe Type Manager Library in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 35.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Adobe Type Manager Library 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 Gold and 1511 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted embedded font, aka "Windows Graphics Memory Remote Code Execution Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6104.
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 Windows Kernel - 'win32k.sys' Malformed OS/2 Table TTF Font Processing Pool-Based Buffer Overflow (MS15-115) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38714dos, windowspublished 16 Nov 2015Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 38714 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 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)
- 35.3% · top 1.5% 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
5
- MS15-115 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=506 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1034114 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 38714 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134397/Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Win32k.sys-TTF-Font-Processing-Buffer-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2015-6046 (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-2015-6103)Record last updated .