VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-9268
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 2.49 has unsafe implicit linking against Version.dll.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.54%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 2.49 has unsafe implicit linking against Version.dll. In other words, there is no protection mechanism in which a wrapper function resolves the dependency at an appropriate time during runtime.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.54% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- nullsoft/nullsoft scriptable install system · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN68418039/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00041.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN68418039/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00041.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.