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CVE-2015-5262

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5262 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before version 4.3.6, specifically within the http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java component. This flaw causes the software to disregard the http.socket.timeout setting during an SSL handshake, potentially leading to HTTPS calls hanging indefinitely. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium) with an attack vector of network, medium attack complexity, and a potential impact of partial availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1931 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclientFixed in: 4.3.6
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: jakarta-commons-httpclient
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: jakarta-commons-httpclient
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4Fixed in: ovirt-engine-sdk-java
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: jakarta-commons-httpclient

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2chmedium

Denial of service vulnerability in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient

Oct 17, 2018
redhatCVE-2015-5262Low

httpcomponents-core: missing HTTPS connection timeout

Sep 3, 2015

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
issues.apache.org / jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478
Vendor Advisory
jenkins.io / security/advisory/2018-02-26
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
svn.apache.org / viewvc
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
securitytracker.com / id/1033743
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2769-1
Third Party Advisory