CVE-2015-8833

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

7.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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: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

2016-04-08 16:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e5362b7540803a3aece59ac8f1d82f9aa4431aa3956e70a6d0974c039cdf7f1f

• www.debian.orgDSA-3528http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3528vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0912http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00095.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.cypherpunks.ca[OTR-users] 20160309 New releases of libotr (4.1.1) and pidgin-otr (4.0.2) availablehttps://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002582.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugs.otr.imhttps://bugs.otr.im/projects/pidgin-otr/repository/revisions/aaf551b9dd5cbba8c4abaa3d4dc7ead860efef94x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.otr.imhttps://bugs.otr.im/issues/128x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.otr.imhttps://bugs.otr.im/issues/88x_refsource_CONFIRM
• blog.fuzzing-project.orghttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/39-Heap-use-after-free-in-Pidgin-OTR-plugin-CVE-2015-8833.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0878http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00109.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160309 Re: Heap use after free in Pidgin-OTR pluginhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/09/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com84295http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84295vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160309 Heap use after free in Pidgin-OTR pluginhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/09/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST