CVE-2015-8871

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

2.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.2% 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

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

2016-09-21 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-12

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bcb92c6815828f2364697e63cc4745ee9c14177ee4631ef7cc258dbc2d510c78

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-26https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-26vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• github.comhttps://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/563x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160512 Re: CVE Request : Use-after-free in openjpeghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/master/CHANGELOG.mdx_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263359x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3665http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3665vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• github.comhttps://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/940100c28ae28931722290794889cf84a92c5f6fx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1038623http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150915 CVE Request : Use-after-free in openjpeghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST