Is CVE-2015-1196 being actively exploited?

CVE-2015-1196 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-1196?

CVE-2015-1196 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2015-1196

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 6.1%EU EUVD

GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
EPSS score: 6.1% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2015-1337)
Published: January 21, 2015
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-1337 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gnu / patch
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
oracle / solaris

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3(Patch)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227(Exploit)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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