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CVE-2015-8688
Gajim before 0.16.5 allows remote attackers to modify the roster and intercept messages via a crafted roster-push IQ stanza.
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Gajim before 0.16.5 allows remote attackers to modify the roster and intercept messages via a crafted roster-push IQ stanza.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 20 days later
· 20 days 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 | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3492 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-c82e5c322c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://hg.gajim.org/gajim/file/gajim-0.16.5/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-838200213e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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-2015-8565 (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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