THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-2305
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-2305

Rxspencer vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
8.4%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Integer overflow in the regcomp implementation in the Henry Spencer BSD regex library (aka rxspencer) alpha3.8.g5 on 32-bit platforms, as used in NetBSD through 6.1.5 and other products, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large regular expression that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Rxspencer Project
Affected product
Rxspencer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2015-03-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-2305

  • Confirm whether Rxspencer Project Rxspencer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-2305.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2015-2305

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2015-2305 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2015-2305?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2015-2305.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

MEDIUM
CVE-2021-24329
Wp Super Cache vulnerability
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-24335
Car Repair Services \& Auto Mechanic vulnerability
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-26693
Pfsense vulnerability