What is CVE-2015-8272?

CVE-2015-8272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rtmpdump Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-8272?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Rtmpdump Project

CVE-2015-8272

RTMPDump 2.4 allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).

Published 2017-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.027 (85.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rtmpdump Project — versions 2.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0068/ (Technical Description, Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3850 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95123 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8272?: CVE-2015-8272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rtmpdump Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-8272?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.