CVE-2015-7979

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

11.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.8% 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

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

2017-01-30 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:06Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-10-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-19
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2170f4bcc4e9ee39d013ee66a3bc3f3d05d645dd60054b1a1defa506eafebdef

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