What is CVE-2015-2797?

CVE-2015-2797 is a vulnerability in Airties Air 5021, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-06-19.

Is CVE-2015-2797 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Airties Air 5021

CVE-2015-2797

Stack-based buffer overflow in AirTies Air 6372, 5760, 5750, 5650TT, 5453, 5444TT, 5443, 5442, 5343, 5342, 5341, and 5021 DSL modems with firmware 1.0.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the redirect parameter to cgi-bin/login.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2015-06-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.777 (99.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.778 · newest: 0.777 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/75355 (vdb-entry)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37170/ (Exploit, exploit)
www.bmicrosystems.com/blog/exploiting-the-airties-air-series/ (Exploit)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36577/ (Exploit, exploit)
osvdb.org/show/osvdb/120335 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-2797?: CVE-2015-2797 is a vulnerability in Airties Air 5021, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-06-19.
Is CVE-2015-2797 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.