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CVE-2015-1379

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The signal handler implementations in socat before 1.7.3.0 and 2.0.0-b8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process freeze or crash).

Affected products

• socat: through 1.7.2.4; 2.0.0-b8

References

• http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/19
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72321
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185711
• http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/19
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72321
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185711

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