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CVE-2015-3144

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3144 describes an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability in the fix_hostname function of cURL and libcurl versions 7.37.0 through 7.41.0, affecting products from Canonical, Debian, Haxx, and Oracle. This flaw allows remote authenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other impacts by providing a zero-length hostname. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability is considered critical due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_enterprise_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.0.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_enterprise_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.37.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.37.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.37.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.37.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.38.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1103 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

jitsipatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 7.41.0
View patch
sierra_wirelesspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 7.41.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

redhatCVE-2015-3144Low

curl: host name out of boundary memory access

Apr 22, 2015
sierra_wirelessllm-sierra_wireless-b25954a7ffbb15e4MEDIUM

hostname out of boundary memory access

Apr 22, 2015
jitsillm-jitsi-40838d16ab64ac58MEDIUM

hostname out of boundary memory access

Apr 22, 2015

References

curl.haxx.se / docs/adv_20150422D.html
Vendor Advisory
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155957.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/156945.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157017.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157188.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00057.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201509-02
support.apple.com / kb/HT205031
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3232
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
securityfocus.com / bid/74300
securitytracker.com / id/1032232
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2591-1