What is CVE-2015-3450?

CVE-2015-3450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Aspl Libaxl, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2015-3450?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Aspl Libaxl

CVE-2015-3450

Heap-based buffer overflow in libaxl 0.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML document.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Aspl Libaxl — versions 0.6.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/74375 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/29/7 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3450?: CVE-2015-3450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Aspl Libaxl, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2015-3450?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.