GHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2ch · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Denial of service vulnerability in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient
http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 ignores the http.socket.timeout configuration setting during an SSL handshake, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (HTTPS call hang) via unspecified vectors.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-5262 is rated Moderate Risk (56.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.31%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +15.00% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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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 | 4.31% | 19.31% | +15.00% |
| 2 | 2026-06-13 | 1.20% | 4.31% | +3.11% |
| 3 | 2026-05-13 | — | 1.20% | — |
Full EPSS history (21 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2ch · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Denial of service vulnerability in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2015-5262 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (commons-httpclient, httpcomponents-client), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5262 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5262 |
suse
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high | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5262/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2015-5262 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (commons-httpclient, httpcomponents-client), 36 status rows across 18 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 19, not-affected 15, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5262 |
| 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 | 15.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 21 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 22 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 23 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | httpclient | >= 4.3, <= 4.3.5 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpclient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |