CVE-2015-5040

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-10-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in IBM Domino 8.5.1 through 8.5.3 before 8.5.3 FP6 IF10 and 9.x before 9.0.1 FP4 IF3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (SMTP daemon crash) via a crafted GIF image, aka SPRs KLYH9ZDKRE and KLYH9ZTLEZ, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4994.

Affected products

IBM Corporation Domino: 8.5.0, 8.5.0.1, 8.5.1, 8.5.1.1, 8.5.1.2, 8.5.1.3 (+19)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21969050
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033974
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21969050
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033974

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