CVE-2018-15715 is a critical vulnerability affecting Zoom clients on Windows, macOS, and Linux, allowing unauthorized processing of UDP messages. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can spoof messages from meeting attendees or Zoom servers to invoke client functionality. This enables actions such as removing attendees, spoofing user messages, or hijacking shared screens, posing a severe risk to meeting integrity and user privacy. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.4.129780.0915CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zoom:zoom:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* | ||
< 4.1.34801.1116CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zoom:zoom:*:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:* | ||
< 4.1.34814.1119CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zoom:zoom:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.