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, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Journal file, aka “Windows Journal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability,” a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1675, CVE-2015-1695, CVE-2015-1696, CVE-2015-1697, and CVE-2015-1699.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1698
Reference (s):
- IDEFENSE:20150601 Microsoft Windows Journal File Parsing “DecodePos” Out-of-Bounds-Access Vulnerability
- URL: https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1097
- MS:MS15-045
- URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-045
- SECTRACK:1032280