CVE-2015-7687

critical
Published 2017-10-16 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in OpenSMTPD before 5.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving req_ca_vrfy_smtp and req_ca_vrfy_mta.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
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-2015-7687

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.opensmtpd.org/announces/release-5.7.2.txt

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed5.7.3p1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.7.3p1-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.7.3p1-1
debian debiansidfixed5.7.3p1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.7.3p1-1
fedora fedora22affected
fedora fedora23affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openbsdopensmtpd{"endIncluding":"5.7.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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