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high 7.8

CVE-2015-9268 json

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 2.49 has unsafe implicit linking against Version.dll.

published 2018-10-01 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-9110

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 2.49 has unsafe implicit linking against Version.dll. In other words, there is no protection mechanism in which a wrapper function resolves the dependency at an appropriate time during runtime.

Patch / fix

  • nullsoft nullsoft_scriptable_install_system 2.49
  • nsis Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.50-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9268

  • nsis Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.46-7ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9268

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-23-318-02 updated cvss 7.8

Rockwell Automation SIS Workstation and ISaGRAF Workbench

  • Rockwell Automation ISaGRAF Workbench >=v6.6.9, <v6.06.10 Rockwell Automation Safety Instrumented System Workstation >=v1.2, <v2.00
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Rockwell Automation recommends users of the affected software to update the affected product to the latest version:” rockwellautomation.custhelp.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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