What is CVE-2015-8549?

CVE-2015-8549 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pyamf, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2015-8549?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

XXE in Pyamf

CVE-2015-8549

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in PyAMF before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or read arbitrary files via a crafted Action Message Format (AMF) payload.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2020-01-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pyamf

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-011.html (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537151/100/0/threaded (Broken Link)
github.com/hydralabs/pyamf/pull/58 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/hydralabs/pyamf/releases/tag/v0.8.0 (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8549?: CVE-2015-8549 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pyamf, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2015-8549?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.