What is CVE-2015-7542?

CVE-2015-7542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aquamaniac Gwenhywfar, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2015-7542?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Aquamaniac Gwenhywfar

CVE-2015-7542

A vulnerability exists in libgwenhywfar through 4.12.0 due to the usage of outdated bundled CA certificates.

Published 2019-12-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Aquamaniac Gwenhywfar
Libgwenhywfar — versions through 4.12.0
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
openSUSE Leap — versions 42.2, 42.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7542?: CVE-2015-7542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aquamaniac Gwenhywfar, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2015-7542?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.