CVE-2015-8659
10.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4% (pctl 90)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (10), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The idle stream handling in nghttp2 before 1.6.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, aka a heap-use-after-free bug.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.96% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-01-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | iphone os |
| apple | mac os x |
| apple | tvos |
| apple | watchos |
| nghttp2 | nghttp2 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175085.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175423.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/6
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
- https://nghttp2.org/blog/2015/12/23/nghttp2-v1-6-0/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-06
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175085.html
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