Is CVE-2015-0287 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-0287 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-0287?

CVE-2015-0287 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-0287?

CVE-2015-0287 has an EPSS score of 8.37% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0287?

Upgrade openssl on debian 11 to 1.0.1k-2 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-0287

MEDIUMEPSS 94th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The ASN1_item_ex_d2i function in crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a does not reinitialize CHOICE and ADB data structures, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write operation and memory corruption) by leveraging an application that relies on ASN.1 structure reuse.

CWE-17

How to fix

Remediation Available

opensslDebian

Fixed in:1.0.1k-2CVE-2015-0287

libssl1.0.0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.11USN-2537-1

opensslUbuntu

Fixed in:1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.11USN-2537-1

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

8.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.