Buffer overflow in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
CVE-2015-5220
The Web Console in Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) before 6.4.4 and WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large request header.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (86.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1905.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1904.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1908.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1519.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1907.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033859 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1906.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5220?
- CVE-2015-5220 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-10-27.
- Is CVE-2015-5220 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.