What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-0537?

CVE-2015-0537 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 2.3%.

Bsafe Crypto C CVE-2015-0537

CRITICAL

Integer Underflow (CWE-191)

2015-08-20 security_alert@emc.com

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Integer Overflow Dell Bsafe Crypto C Bsafe Bsafe Ssl C

9.8

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

9.8 CRITICAL

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Aug 20, 2015 - 10:59 cve.org

CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Integer underflow in the base64-decoding implementation in EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x before 4.0.8 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (Crypto-C ME) before 4.0.4 and 4.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C 2.8.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted base64 data, a similar issue to CVE-2015-0292.

AnalysisAI

Integer underflow in the base64-decoding implementation in EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x before 4.0.8 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (Crypto-C ME) before. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-191. Integer underflow in the base64-decoding implementation in EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x before 4.0.8 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (Crypto-C ME) before 4.0.4 and 4.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C 2.8.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted base64 data, a similar issue to CVE-2015-0292. Affected products include: Dell Bsafe, Dell Bsafe Crypto-C, Dell Bsafe Ssl-C. Version information: before 4.0.8.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.