CVE-2015-1171
Stack-based buffer overflow in GSM SIM Utility (aka SIM Card Editor) 6.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long entry in a .sms file.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 62.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in GSM SIM Utility (aka SIM Card Editor) 6.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long entry in a .sms file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 62.66% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 16 January 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gsm/sim card editor
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 62.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129992/simeditor-overflow.txtExploit
- https://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/sim-editor-stack-based-buffer-overflow/Exploit
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tljbFpYtDTkExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129992/simeditor-overflow.txtExploit
- https://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/sim-editor-stack-based-buffer-overflow/Exploit
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tljbFpYtDTkExploit
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