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CVE-2015-5179

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CVE-2015-5179 describes a vulnerability in FreeIPA where non-printable characters could lead to improper display of user data. This high-severity vulnerability, rated 7.5 CVSS, allows an unauthenticated attacker to impact data integrity without user interaction. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for data integrity compromise warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (2)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ipa
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ipa

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5179Moderate

FreeIPA: non-printable characters aren't checked in every case of user data

Jul 22, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
pagure.io / freeipa/issue/5153
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory