CVE-2015-8285 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8285?

CVE-2015-8285 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The webssx.sys driver in QuickHeal 16.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8285?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Quickheal Total Security.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8285?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8285 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-8285 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

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• CVE-2025-69875 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2020-27587 Weak cryptography in n/a Medium 6.7
• CVE-2020-27586 Information disclosure in n/a Medium 5.9

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j3w4-23gr-xhhw.