Is CVE-2015-0235 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-0235 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-0235?

CVE-2015-0235 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-0235?

CVE-2015-0235 has an EPSS score of 94.86% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0235?

Upgrade glibc on debian 11 to 2.18-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-0235

HIGHEPSS 100th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and other 2.x versions before 2.18, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) gethostbyname or (2) gethostbyname2 function, aka "GHOST."

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

glibcDebian

Fixed in:2.18-1CVE-2015-0235

Oracle VirtualBoxWindows application

Affected:5.1.24Fixed in:5.1.24Oracle and/or its affiliates

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

94.86%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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