CVE-2015-1379

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-06-08 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 04:40Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-01-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-364Signal Handler Race ConditionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

500d5cdc02dd49cef0c5c10b29abb0416c7926b6af4cc5a0cd6a8815cd073797

• www.dest-unreach.orghttp://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150406 Socat security advisory 6 - Possible DoS with fork (update: CVE-Id: CVE-2015-1379; fix for version 2)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com72321http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72321vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150127 Re: Socat security advisory 6 - Possible DoS with forkhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/19mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185711x_refsource_CONFIRM