CVE-2015-8538

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

1.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 66.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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

2017-06-07 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-10

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-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7836178bc52f8d484c7bc90b2c803f76cdd2a29350e75c1669e37d4e5307c18c

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291299x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151210 Re: CVE request - a out of bound read bug is found in libdwarfhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST