CVE-2015-7599
Integer overflow in the _authenticate function in svc_auth.c in Wind River VxWorks 5.5 through 6.9.4.1, when the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer overflow in the _authenticate function in svc_auth.c in Wind River VxWorks 5.5 through 6.9.4.1, when the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a username and password.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.91% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- windriver/vxworks
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.9% since 26 October 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.
References
- http://blogs.windriver.com/wind_river_blog/2015/09/wind-river-vxworks-updateclarification.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79205Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/cve-2015-7599-vxworks-vulnerability-impacting-netapp-e-series-products?language=en_USVendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20151029-0001/
- https://www.syscan360.org/slides/2015_EN_AttackingVxWorksFromstoneagetointerstellar_Eric_Yannick.pdfTechnical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://blogs.windriver.com/wind_river_blog/2015/09/wind-river-vxworks-updateclarification.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79205Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/cve-2015-7599-vxworks-vulnerability-impacting-netapp-e-series-products?language=en_USVendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20151029-0001/
- https://www.syscan360.org/slides/2015_EN_AttackingVxWorksFromstoneagetointerstellar_Eric_Yannick.pdfTechnical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.