CVE-2015-7243

Exp

Buffer overflow in Boxoft WAV to MP3 Converter allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted WAV file.

Published: 2015-09-18 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-7243 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 73.32%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-7243

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
44971 exploit_db edb 2018-07-03 Exploit-DB ↗
38035 exploit_db edb 2015-08-31 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7243

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 2025-06-19 75.48% 73.32% -2.16%
2 2025-03-30 74.92% 75.48% +0.56%
3 2025-03-29 74.92%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7243

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-7243

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7243

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
boxoft boxoft_wav_to_mp3_converter cpe:2.3:a:boxoft:boxoft_wav_to_mp3_converter:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7243

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