Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-5262

Title: Apache Httpclient Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-5262.

CWE Category CWE-399

Published Date Oct 27, 2015

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

19.31%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-5262: 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.

Impacted Vendors

apache 1

sensiolabs 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478 https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/ https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478 https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/ https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-5262 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 27, 2015 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.