7.5

CVE-2015-2155: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-2155DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2155
Published 24-03-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-2155 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 7.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.81%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 4

Timeline

  1. 24-03-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The force printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

7.81%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.81% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
7.81%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Fedoraproject1 product
Opensuse1 product
Oracle1 product
Tcpdump1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • tcpdump< 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.2

6 vendors · 7 products

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