Vulnerability in Apple Safari
CVE-2015-8960
The TLS protocol 1.2 and earlier supports the rsa_fixed_dh, dss_fixed_dh, rsa_fixed_ecdh, and ecdsa_fixed_ecdh values for ClientCertificateType but does not directly document the ability to compute the master secret in certain situations w…
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.003 (56.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- [oss-security] 20160920 Re: Possible CVE for TLS protocol issue (mailing-list, Technical Description, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Press/Media Coverage)
- 93071 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Technical Description, Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)
- secalert@redhat.com (Technical Description, Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8960?
- CVE-2015-8960 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Safari, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-09-21.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8960?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.