CVE-2015-8272

Exp

RTMPDump 2.4 allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).

Published: 2017-04-13 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-8272 is rated High Exploit Risk (67/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.79%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2015-8272

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8272

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 2026-01-04 0.46% 0.79% +0.33%
2 2025-03-30 0.81% 0.46% -0.36%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.81% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-8272

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-8272

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-8272

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-8272 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rtmpdump), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8272
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-8272 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rtmpdump), 6 status rows across 6 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 3, not-affected 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8272

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-8272

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rtmpdump_project rtmpdump 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:rtmpdump_project:rtmpdump:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-8272

URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3850
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95123 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0068/ Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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