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CRITICAL
CVE-2015-7687
OpenSMTPD Use-after-free Remote Code Execution
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in OpenSMTPD before 5.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving req_ca_vrfy_smtp and req_ca_vrfy_mta.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 16, 2017, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 1, 2017, 11:50 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-7687 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Openbsd opensmtpd
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-7687.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170448.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169600.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/03/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76975 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268793 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.opensmtpd.org/announces/release-5.7.2.txt Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.qualys.com/2015/10/02/opensmtpd-audit-report.txt Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-7687 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169600.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169600.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.qualys.com/2015/10/02/opensmtpd-audit-report.txt No Types Assigned https://www.qualys.com/2015/10/02/opensmtpd-audit-report.txt Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268793 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268793 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/03/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/03/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170448.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170448.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76975 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76975 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.opensmtpd.org/announces/release-5.7.2.txt No Types Assigned https://www.opensmtpd.org/announces/release-5.7.2.txt Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:opensmtpd:5.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.78 }} 0.03%

score

0.79274

percentile

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