CVE-2015-2637

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u95, 7u80, and 8u45; JavaFX 2.2.80; and Java SE Embedded 7u75 and 8u33 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to 2D.

Published: 2015-07-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2637 is rated Moderate Risk (50.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.48%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2637

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 2026-07-05 4.00% 3.48% -0.52%
2 2026-06-15 2.46% 4.00% +1.54%
3 2026-05-13 2.46%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2637

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-2637

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-2637

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-2637 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-2015-2637
gentoo normal CVE-2015-2637: 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-2015-2637
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2637
suse high CVE-2015-2637 severity important: SUSE including 397 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 616 product×package rows across 77 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS, … (77 product lines)): Fixed 264, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 121. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2637/
ubuntu low CVE-2015-2637 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (openjdk-6, openjdk-7, openjdk-8), 15 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): not-affected 8, DNE 4, ignored 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2637

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-2637

Comment: Per Advisory: <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html">Applies to client deployment of Java only. This vulnerability can be exploited only through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. </a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2637

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle javafx 2.2.80 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.2.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update95:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update75:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update80:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update_33:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update45:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update_95:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update_75:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update_80:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update_33:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update_45:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2637

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00039.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00046.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00047.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1241.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1242.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1243.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1485.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1486.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1488.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1544.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1604.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75883
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032910
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-11
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