What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-8947?

CVE-2015-8947 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.6 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.5%.

Harfbuzz CVE-2015-8947

HIGH

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2016-07-19 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Harfbuzz

7.6

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.6 HIGH

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jul 19, 2016 - 10:59 cve.org

HIGH 7.6

DescriptionCVE.org

AnalysisAI

hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh in HarfBuzz before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data, a different. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh in HarfBuzz before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2052. Affected products include: Harfbuzz Project Harfbuzz. Version information: before 1.0.5.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.