CVE-2015-8947

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

2.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 83.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/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

2016-07-19 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-18

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

d8541a56b0e81119b8ac64fa2e0a95695f2b7149bf427e7559ac40d227706883

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0072http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/f96664974774bfeb237a7274f512f64aaafb201ex_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-76https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com92039http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92039vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3067-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2082http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• github.comhttps://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-146984679x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191217 [SECURITY] [DLA 2040-1] harfbuzz security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00022.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST