CVE-2015-2546

HighCVSS 8.2/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Aug 14, 2026

Description

The kernel-mode driver 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 local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Memory Corruption Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2511, CVE-2015-2517, and CVE-2015-2518.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76608Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033485Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-097Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76608Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033485Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-097Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-2546US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Sep 9, 2015
Last modified: Aug 14, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Mar 15, 2022
NVD status: Analyzed

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