# CVE-2015-8530: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can execute arbitrary code via a stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mchf-g5xr-2975

## What is CVE-2015-8530?

CVE-2015-8530 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Initialize function in an ActiveX control in IBM SPSS Statistics 19 and 20 before 20.0.0.2-IF0008, 21 before 21.0.0.2-IF0010, 22 before 22.0.0.2-IF0011, 23 before 23.0.0.3-IF0001, and 24 before 24.0.0.0-IF0003 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8530?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Spss Statistics.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-8530?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8530 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-8530 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8530 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2015-7489](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7489/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2015-0140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0140/): Code injection in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-43855](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43855/): IBM SPSS Statistics denial of service (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2021-38959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38959/): Path traversal in SPSS Statistics (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2024-31896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31896/): IBM SPSS Statistics information disclosure (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-8530 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-8530 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8530 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2015-8530/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8530/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8530
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8530
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8530

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