HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-8221

Picasa vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Integer overflow in Google Picasa before 3.9.140 Build 259 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the CAMF section in a FOVb image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Google
Affected product
Picasa
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
  • CWE-189
Published
2015-11-17

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-8221

  • Confirm whether Google Picasa is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-8221.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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