CVE-2015-5073

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

7.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.1 (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:H/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2016-12-13 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 06:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-06-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6074742bf9e1772fafa6e2d8ab4e03d56e18865cc936d3fb527e0867a450afa8

• www.securityfocus.com75430http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1132https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www-01.ibm.comhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1025http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2750http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150626 CVE Request: PCRE Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability in find_fixedlength()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150626 Re: CVE Request: PCRE Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability in find_fixedlength()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugs.exim.orghttps://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1033154http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• vcs.pcre.orghttp://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markupx_refsource_CONFIRM
• vcs.pcre.orghttp://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201607-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO