VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-4499

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-09-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Util.pm in Bugzilla 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.2.15, 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.10, and 5.x before 5.0.1 mishandles long e-mail addresses during account registration, which allows remote attackers to obtain the default privileges for an arbitrary domain name by placing that name in a substring of an address, as demonstrated by truncation of an @mozilla.com.example.com address to an @mozilla.com address.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references