CVE-2015-8620

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

0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 40.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Published

2016-04-13 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2be842e436415a838726ef9a7ada730112c3969b81faa56fcfb0eb659564796a

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20160222 Avast Virtualization Driver - Elevation Of Privilegeshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.nettitude.co.ukhttps://www.nettitude.co.uk/exploiting-a-kernel-paged-pool-buffer-overflow-in-avast-virtualization-driver/x_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1035093http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035093vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK