CVE-2015-0250

Exp

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the SVG to (1) PNG and (2) JPG conversion classes in Apache Batik 1.x before 1.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via a crafted SVG file.

Published: 2015-03-24 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-0250 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.94%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.86% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-0250

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0250

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-30 1.08% 2.94% +1.86%
2 2026-05-13 1.46% 1.08% -0.38%
3 2026-03-13 — 1.46% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0250

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-0250

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-0250

GHSA-wfw6-mmmp-87xm · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Input Validation in Apache Batik

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0250

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-0250 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (batik), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0250
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0250
suse medium CVE-2015-0250 severity moderate: SUSE including 2 source package names (xmlgraphics-batik, xmlgraphics-batik-css), 2 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2): Known Not Affected 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0250/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-0250 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (batik), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0250

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-0250

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0250

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache batik <= 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:batik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_brms_platform <= 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_brms_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0250

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