CVE-2015-1171
Stack-based buffer overflow in GSM SIM Utility (aka SIM Card Editor) 6.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 62.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in GSM SIM Utility (aka SIM Card Editor) 6.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long entry in a .sms file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- GSM SIM Editor 5.15 Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/gsm_simRank normaldisclosed 7 Jul 2010
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Sim Editor 6.6 - Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35821local, windowspublished 16 Jan 2015Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 62.7% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- https://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/sim-editor-stack-based-buffer-overflow/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129992/simeditor-overflow.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tljbFpYtDTk (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-1313 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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