{"cve":"CVE-2015-5262","nvd":{"published":"2015-10-27T16:59:07.557","modified":"2026-06-17T00:28:46.787","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["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"],"products":["apache:httpclient","canonical:ubuntu_linux","fedoraproject:fedora"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5262","score":0.1876,"percentile":0.97275,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2ch","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2ch","summary":"Denial of service vulnerability in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient","modified":"2024-12-08T05:23:13.492634Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient","ranges":["<4.3.6"],"fixed":["4.3.6"]}]}],"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."]}