CVE-2015-2509: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (mcl) file, aka "Windows Media Center RCE Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows 8: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Vista: affected versions not specified

Published 2015-09-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.