CVE-2015-8659: The idle stream handling in nghttp2 before 1.6.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, aka a heap-use-after-free bug

Critical severity · published Jan 12, 2016

CVE-2015-8659

The idle stream handling in nghttp2 before 1.6.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, aka a heap-use-after-free bug

10.0

CVSS

EPSS

On KEV

Description

The idle stream handling in nghttp2 before 1.6.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, aka a heap-use-after-free bug.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Scope

Changed

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.0% · higher than 90% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

iOS · Apple

through 9.2.1 · source: NVD

Mac OS X · Apple

through 10.11.3 · source: NVD

Nghttp2 · Nghttp2

through 1.5.0 · source: NVD

Tvos · Apple

through 9.1 · source: NVD

Watchos · Apple

through 2.1 · source: NVD

Affected product

iOS

Apple

All iOS CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8659

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8659

lists.apple.com

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html

lists.apple.com

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html

lists.apple.com

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html

lists.apple.com

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175085.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175423.html