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CVE-2015-1452

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1452 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the CAPWAP daemon of Fortinet FortiOS 5.0 Patch 7 build 4457. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a large number of ClientHello DTLS messages, causing the CAPWAP Access Controller to lock up. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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 (1)

fortinetvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/125
secunia.com / advisories/61661
fortiguard.com / advisory/FG-IR-15-002
Vendor Advisory
security-assessment.com / files/documents/advisory/Fortinet_FortiOS_Multiple_Vulnerabilities.pdf
securityfocus.com / bid/72383