CVE-2015-8478

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.7.80.23, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

Published: 2015-12-06 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-8478 is rated Moderate Risk (41/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8478

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 0.29% 0.15% -0.14%
2 2025-03-29 0.15% 0.29% +0.14%
3 2025-03-25 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-8478

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-2015-8478

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-8478

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8478
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-8478 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (chromium-browser, libv8, libv8-3.14, oxide-qt), 44 status rows across 11 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 17, DNE 14, ignored 10, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8478

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-8478

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome <= 46.0.2490.86 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google v8 <= 4.6.85.23 cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-8478

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