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CVE-2015-2440 (GCVE-0-2015-2440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-15 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:17
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Summary
Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 5.0, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "MSXML Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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2015-08-11 00:00
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