CVE-2015-5262
http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 ignores the http.socket.timeout…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 18.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 ignores the http.socket.timeout configuration setting during an SSL handshake, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (HTTPS call hang) via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.8% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.httpcomponents:httpclientGHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2ch (opens in a new tab)
References
15
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-15590 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-15589 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-15588 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 1033743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-2769-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1873 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1875 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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-2018-0592 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2ch (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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