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CVE-2015-0287

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0287 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenSSL versions prior to 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0r, 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2a. The flaw in the ASN1_item_ex_d2i function, specifically its failure to reinitialize CHOICE and ADB data structures, could lead to memory corruption and application crashes. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and primarily impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.8zeCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0837 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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 (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openssl-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 2.1Fixed in: openssl-0:1.0.1e-30.el6_6.7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssl-0:0.9.8e-33.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openssl-0:1.0.1e-30.el6_6.7
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1Fixed in: openssl
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssl097a
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openssl098e
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openssl098e

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-0287Low

openssl: ASN.1 structure reuse memory corruption

Mar 19, 2015

References

kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152733.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152734.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152844.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/156823.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157177.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00022.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00027.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00037.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00017.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00062.html
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0715.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0716.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0752.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0800.html
access.redhat.com / articles/1384453
bto.bluecoat.com / security-advisory/sa92
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
git.openssl.org
kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201503-11
support.apple.com / HT205212
support.apple.com / HT205267
support.citrix.com / article/CTX216642
support.apple.com / kb/HT204942
freebsd.org / security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15%3A06.openssl.asc
openssl.org / news/secadv_20150319.txt
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3197
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
securityfocus.com / bid/73227
securitytracker.com / id/1031929
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2537-1