Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2015-1416
Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU patch before 2.2.5; and possibly other patch variants allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted patch file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 10.0, 10.1, 10.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/9 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:14.bsdpatch.asc (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033110 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76116 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1416?
- CVE-2015-1416 is a high-severity vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-05.
- How severe is CVE-2015-1416?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.