CVE-2015-4908

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 8u60 and JavaFX 2.2.85 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4906 and CVE-2015-4916.

Published: 2015-10-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-4908 is rated Moderate Risk (52.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.99%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-4908

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 0.42% 2.99% +2.57%
2 2025-03-30 1.25% 0.42% -0.83%
3 2025-03-29 1.25%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-4908

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-2015-4908

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-4908

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-4908 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openjfx), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4908
gentoo normal CVE-2015-4908: 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-2015-4908
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4908
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-4908 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openjfx), 25 status rows across 25 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 16, ignored 5, DNE 2, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4908

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-4908

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle javafx 2.2.85 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.2.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update60:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update_60:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-4908

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