Is CVE-2015-8078 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-8078 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-8078?

CVE-2015-8078 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2015-8078?

Patch guidance is available from opensuse security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2015-8078.

CVE-2015-8078 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2015-8078?

43 products: opensuse leap, opensuse opensuse, cyrus imap, cyrus imap, cyrus imap, and 38 more.

Description

Integer overflow in the index_urlfetch function in imap/index.c in Cyrus IMAP 2.3.19, 2.4.18, and 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to urlfetch range checks and the section_offset variable. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8076.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: CWE-189

Metadata

Primary Vendor: OPENSUSE
Published: 12/3/2015
Last Modified: 4/12/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

opensuse : leapopensuse : opensusecyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imap

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD