{"cve":"CVE-2015-5234","nvd":{"published":"2015-10-09T14:59:01.843","modified":"2026-06-17T00:28:43.567","status":"Modified","description":"IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly sanitize applet URLs, which allows remote attackers to inject applets into the .appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval to execute the applet via a crafted web page, possibly related to line breaks.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167120.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167130.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html","http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2015-September/033546.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0778.html"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","opensuse:opensuse","redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop","redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node","redhat:enterprise_linux_server","redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation","redhat:icedtea"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5234","score":0.02127,"percentile":0.81933,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}