What is CVE-2015-3192?

CVE-2015-3192 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Software Spring Framework, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2015-3192?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-3192 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Pivotal Software Spring Framework

CVE-2015-3192

Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.14 and 4.x before 4.1.7 do not properly process inline DTD declarations when DTD is not entirely disabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and out-of-memory errors) via a crafted XML file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-07-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pivotal Software Spring Framework — versions 3.2.0, 4.1.0
VMware Spring Framework — versions 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 21, 22

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html (vendor-advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036587 (vdb-entry)
pivotal.io/security/cve-2015-3192 (Vendor Advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html (vendor-advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1218 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/90853 (vdb-entry)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1592.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162015.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162017.html (vendor-advisory)
jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-13136

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3192?: CVE-2015-3192 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Software Spring Framework, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2015-3192?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-3192 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.