CVE-2015-8948

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

6.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 93.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2016-09-07 20:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-21

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a589852ad720116bac2cae9b99a88d060750fae7b12864373dbf60601b4d633e

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160721 Re: CVE request: multiple issues fixed in GNU libidn 1.33http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2135http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160720 CVE request: multiple issues fixed in GNU libidn 1.33http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1924http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com92070http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-3658http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.gnu.org[help-libidn] 20160720 Libidn 1.33 releasedhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=570e68886c41c2e765e6218cb317d9a9a447a041x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3068-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.apache.org[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST