4.3

CVE-2015-5235: fedoraproject fedora Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5235DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5235
Published 09-10-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5235 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 3.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.02%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3
MGASA-2015-0376RHBA-2015:2457RHSA-2016:0778SUSE-SU-2015:1682-1SUSE-SU-2015:1689-1USN-2817-1

Timeline

  1. 09-10-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly determine the origin of unsigned applets, which allows remote attackers to bypass the approval process or trick users into approving applet execution via a crafted web page.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.02% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.02%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat5 products
Debian1 product
  • icedtea-web< 1.6.1-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Opensuse1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • icedtea-web< 1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

5 vendors · 9 products

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