CVE-2015-8659

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

3.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

10.0 (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:C/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

2016-01-12 19:00Z10 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

c3272196ac64548eaf5cde17d9eea1c766d8657cc0351477b4f966f7952eee73

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• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-06vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206167x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206168x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151223 Re: Use after free in nghttp2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securitytracker.com1035353http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151223 Use after free in nghttp2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-54f85ec6e8http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175085.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• nghttp2.orghttps://nghttp2.org/blog/2015/12/23/nghttp2-v1-6-0/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-8e13ac5754http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175423.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206169x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206166x_refsource_CONFIRM