What is CVE-2015-5179?

CVE-2015-5179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeipa, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2015-5179?

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

Improper input validation in Freeipa

CVE-2015-5179

FreeIPA might display user data improperly via vectors involving non-printable characters.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-09-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Freeipa

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
pagure.io/freeipa/issue/5153 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5179?: CVE-2015-5179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeipa, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2015-5179?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.