CVE-2015-2942
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested
02 Description
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 2.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-04-13 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-04-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 80501f13f03755f5522bdbe1804d5cc4514a843d488cbe60d9127cc26c51d396
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201510-05https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
- www.securityfocus.com73477http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150407 Re: CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150331 CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
- lists.wikimedia.org[MediaWiki-announce] 20150331 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.24, 1.23.9, and 1.24.2https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
- phabricator.wikimedia.orghttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85848
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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