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CVE-2015-5380

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5380 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the Utf8DecoderBase::WriteUtf16Slow function of Google V8, impacting Node.js before 0.12.6, io.js before 1.8.3 and 2.x before 2.3.3, and other products utilizing V8. This flaw occurs because the function fails to verify memory availability for UTF-16 surrogate pairs. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service through a crafted byte sequence, with potential for other unspecified impacts. 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
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:iojs:io.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:iojs:io.js:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:iojs:io.js:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:iojs:io.js:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0300 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: v8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: v8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: v8314-v8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: v8

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5380Moderate

nodejs: `Buffer` to UTF8 `String` conversion DoS

Jul 3, 2015

References

blog.nodejs.org / 2015/07/03/node-v0-12-6-stable
Patch
codereview.chromium.org / 1226493003
github.com / joyent/node/issues/25583
medium.com / %40iojs/important-security-upgrades-for-node-js-and-io-js-8ac14ece5852
securityfocus.com / bid/75556