CVE-2015-0492

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7u76 and 8u40, and JavaFX 2.2.76, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0484.

Published: 2015-04-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-0492 is rated High Risk (70.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.34%). EPSS rose +2.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0492

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 2026-06-15 2.19% 4.34% +2.15%
2 2026-05-13 2.03% 2.19% +0.15%
3 2025-12-28 — 2.03% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0492

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-0492

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0492

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-0492 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openjdk-8), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0492
gentoo normal CVE-2015-0492: 1 GLSA(s) (201603-11), 2 atom(s) (dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-0492
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0492
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-0492 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (openjdk-7, openjdk-8), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): DNE 5, not-affected 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0492

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-0492

Comment: Per Oracle: Applies to client deployment of Java only. This vulnerability can be exploited only through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2015-2365600.html)

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0492

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.2.76 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.2.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.5.0:update8:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update91:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update76:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update40:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.5.0:update81:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update91:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update76:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update40:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0492

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