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CVE-2015-3237

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3237 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the smb_request_state function of cURL and libcurl versions 7.40.0 through 7.42.1, affecting products like Haxx, HP, and Oracle. This flaw allows a remote SMB server to trigger a denial of service or extract sensitive memory information through specially crafted length and offset values. With a CVSS score of 6.4 (medium severity), it requires no authentication and has low attack complexity, but its impact is limited to partial confidentiality and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.40.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.40.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.41.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.41.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.42.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.42.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.40.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.40.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0933 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (3)

jitsipatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 7.42.1
View patch
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
sierra_wirelesspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 7.42.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

redhatCVE-2015-3237Moderate

curl: SMB send off unrelated memory contents

Jun 17, 2015
sierra_wirelessllm-sierra_wireless-d0b274dcca67ae7dHIGH

SMB send off unrelated memory contents

Jun 17, 2015
jitsillm-jitsi-25fc14ac4e8e4358HIGH

SMB send off unrelated memory contents

Jun 17, 2015

References

curl.haxx.se / docs/adv_20150617B.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160660.html
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
Third Party Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201509-02
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
securityfocus.com / bid/75387
securityfocus.com / bid/91787
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036371