CVE-2023-39615

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 64.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-15.

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

2023-08-29 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-14 23:43Z14 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2023-08-07

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

5.2

Document digest

cf58585efe4d9119cca9711ff3c6359588eed6dae3a71a2b9504053091352aeb

• gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/535
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00028.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-556635.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-341067.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784301.html