CVE-2015-5262

medium
Published 2015-10-27 · Modified 2024-12-08
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3

Description

Denial of service vulnerability in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5262

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5262.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.1-12
debian debianbullseyefixed3.1-12
debian debianforkyfixed3.1-12
debian debiansidfixed3.1-12
debian debiantrixiefixed3.1-12
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
fedora fedora21affected
fedora fedora22affected
fedora fedora23affected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient<4.3.64.3.6

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachehttpclient{"startIncluding":"4.3","endIncluding":"4.3.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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