9.8

CVE-2015-8980: fedoraproject fedora Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8980USN-4779-1DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8980
Published 04-11-2019Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8980 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 6.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.71%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2017-0038OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11171-1

Timeline

  1. 04-11-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The plural form formula in ngettext family of calls in php-gettext before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.71% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
6.71%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (seclists.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • php-gettext< 1.0.12-0.1
  • phpmyadmin< 4:4.6.6-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Opensuse1 product
Php-gettext_project1 product
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • php-gettext< 1.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.0.11-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

6 vendors · 7 products

References

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