CVE-2015-6925

high

Published 2016-01-22 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

wolfSSL (formerly CyaSSL) before 3.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or traffic amplification) via a crafted DTLS cookie in a ClientHello message.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.9.10+dfsg-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.9.10+dfsg-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.9.10+dfsg-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.9.10+dfsg-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.9.10+dfsg-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
wolfssl	wolfssl	`{"endIncluding":"3.6.6"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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

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