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CVE-2016-2515

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.37% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-13 · 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-2016-2515
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.37%

Original NVD Description

Hawk before 3.1.3 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a long (1) header or (2) URI that is matched against an improper regular expression.