CVE-2015-3205
libmimedir allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a VCF file with two NULL bytes at the end of the file, related to "free" function calls in the "lexer's memory clean-up procedure."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
libmimedir allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a VCF file with two NULL bytes at the end of the file, related to "free" function calls in the "lexer's memory clean-up procedure."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.60% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 10 June 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- libmimedir project/libmimedir
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 10.6% 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/132257/Libmimedir-VCF-Memory-Corruption-Proof-Of-Concept.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75147
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37249/Exploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132257/Libmimedir-VCF-Memory-Corruption-Proof-Of-Concept.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75147
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37249/Exploit
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