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CVE-2015-1521

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.78% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-04-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2015-1521
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.78%

Original NVD Description

analyzer/protocol/dnp3/DNP3.cc in Bro before 2.3.2 does not properly handle zero values of a packet length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow or buffer over-read if NDEBUG; otherwise assertion failure) via a crafted DNP3 packet.

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