CVE-2015-8100

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Published: 2015-11-10 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-8100 is rated Low Risk (17.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8100

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 2025-03-30 1.87% 0.14% -1.73%
2 2025-03-29 0.14% 1.87% +1.73%
3 2025-03-17 0.14%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-8100

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-8100

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-8100

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2015-8100: 1 source package rows (net-snmp); 9 state rows across 9 repos (3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 7, open 2. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2015-8100
debian unimportant CVE-2015-8100 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (net-snmp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8100
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-8100 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (net-snmp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8100

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-8100

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
net-snmp net-snmp <= 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-8100

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