CVE-2015-5206

Unspecified vulnerability in the HTTP/2 experimental feature in Apache Traffic Server before 5.3.x before 5.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5168.

Published: 2017-09-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-5206 is rated High Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.41%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5206

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 1.90% 2.41% +0.51%
2 2025-11-03 2.30% 1.90% -0.39%
3 2025-11-01 2.30%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5206

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5206

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5206

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-5206 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (trafficserver), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5206
ubuntu low CVE-2015-5206 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (trafficserver), 21 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 17, DNE 1, ignored 1, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5206

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5206

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache traffic_server 5.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache traffic_server 5.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5206

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