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CVE-2015-1379

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1379 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting socat versions prior to 1.7.3.0 and 2.0.0-b8, where specially crafted signals can cause the application to freeze or crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dest-unreach:socat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0-b8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dest-unreach:socat:2.0.0-b8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0393 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: socat
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: socat

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1379Low

socat: possible DoS with fork

Jan 24, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
dest-unreach.org / socat
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/19
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/72321
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry