Is CVE-2015-9238 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-9238 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-9238?

CVE-2015-9238 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-9238?

CVE-2015-9238 has an EPSS score of 1.50% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-9238?

Upgrade secure-compare to 3.0.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-9238

MEDIUMEPSS 71th pctl

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

secure-compare 3.0.0 and below do not actually compare two strings properly. compare was actually comparing the first argument with itself, meaning the check passed for any two strings of the same length.

CWE-697 CWE-134

How to fix

Remediation Available

secure-compareNVD

Affected:< 3.0.1Fixed in:3.0.1CVE-2015-9238derived from NVD

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

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

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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 2024-11-21.