UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9268

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9268
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9268.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9268
Upstream
Published
2018-10-01T08:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:33Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / nsis

Package

Name
nsis
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nsis@2.46-7ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.46-7ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.46-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nsis",
            "binary_version": "2.46-7ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nsis-common",
            "binary_version": "2.46-7ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nsis-pluginapi",
            "binary_version": "2.46-7ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}