CVE-2015-8659

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8659
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-12 19:59:13 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe idle stream handling in nghttp2 before 1.6.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, aka a heap-use-after-free bug.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 10 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary10CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Tvos All All All All
Operating System Apple Watchos All All All All
Application Nghttp2 Nghttp2 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of tvOS 9.2 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3 tvOS 9.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1 iOS 9.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: nghttp2-1.6.0-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Use after free in nghttp2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
nghttp2: Heap-use-after-free (GLSA 201612-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
oss-security - Re: Use after free in nghttp2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
About the security content of watchOS 2.2 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
Nghttp2 v1.6.0 - nghttp2.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nghttp2.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2 watchOS 2.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: nghttp2-1.6.0-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Apple iOS Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Let Remote and Local Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
About the security content of iOS 9.3 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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