CVE-2015-8079

qt5-qtwebkit before 5.4 records private browsing URLs to its favicon database, WebpageIcons.db.

Published: 2017-09-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-8079 is rated Moderate Risk (44.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.23%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8079

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 0.24% 1.23% +0.99%
2 2025-06-27 0.40% 0.24% -0.17%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.40% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-8079

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N 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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]
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-2015-8079

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-8079

vendor priority summary link
suse low CVE-2015-8079 severity low: SUSE including 51 source package names (at-3.1.14-7.3, beta1:openslp-2.0.0-11.1, …), 160 product×package rows across 40 product lines (Container caasp/v4/openldap, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, … (40 product lines)): Fixed 150, Known Not Affected 10. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8079/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-8079 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qt4-x11, qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit, webkitgtk), 35 status rows across 7 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety): ignored 14, DNE 10, not-affected 6, needs-triage 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8079

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-8079

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qt qtwebkit <= 5.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qtwebkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-8079

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