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UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.