What is CVE-2015-0294?

CVE-2015-0294 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Gnutls, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2015-0294?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GNU Gnutls

CVE-2015-0294

GnuTLS before 3.3.13 does not validate that the signature algorithms match when importing a certificate.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2020-01-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNU Gnutls
Gnutls — versions before 3.3.13
Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 5.0, 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/6e76e9b9fa845b76b0b9a45f05f4b54a052578ff (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3191 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-0294?: CVE-2015-0294 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Gnutls, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2015-0294?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.