CVE-2015-1379

high
Published 2017-06-08 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The signal handler implementations in socat before 1.7.3.0 and 2.0.0-b8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process freeze or crash).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.7.2.4-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1.7.2.4-2
debian debianforkyfixed1.7.2.4-2
debian debiansidfixed1.7.2.4-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1.7.2.4-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
dest-unreachsocat{"endIncluding":"1.7.2.4"}
dest-unreachsocat2.0.0-b8

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.