# CVE-2015-5220: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in the Web Console of Red Hat EAP and WildFly.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Oct 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9g5x-j6wf-xvr6

## What is CVE-2015-5220?

CVE-2015-5220 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 27 Oct 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Web Console in Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) before 6.4.4 and WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large request header.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5220?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Jboss Wildfly Application Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-5220?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-5220 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5220 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

- [CVE-2017-12149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12149/): Red Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-1428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1428/): Red Hat JBoss Information Disclosure (medium 5.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-0738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0738/): Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass (low 3.7, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-3690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3690/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-7504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7504/): Deserialization in JBoss (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-5220 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-5220 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 27 Oct 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5220 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5220/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5220/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5220
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5220
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5220

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