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CVE-2015-4499

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-4499 is a vulnerability in Bugzilla versions 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.2.15, 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.10, and 5.x before 5.0.1. It allows remote attackers to gain default privileges for arbitrary domain names during account registration by exploiting how long email addresses are handled. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness among threat actors.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0337 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168725.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169946.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169983.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/133578/Bugzilla-Unauthorized-Account-Creation.html
bug1202447.bmoattachments.org / attachment.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
seclists.org / bugtraq/2015/Sep/48
Patch
seclists.org / bugtraq/2015/Sep/49
Patch
securitytracker.com / id/1033542