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CVE-2015-2668: canonical ubuntu_linux Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-2668DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2668
Published 12-05-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-2668 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 4
DLA-233-1MGASA-2015-0190OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10571-1SUSE-SU-2015:0882-1SUSE-SU-2015:0882-2USN-2594-1

Timeline

  1. 12-05-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ClamAV before 0.98.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted xz archive file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.19% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Canonical1 product
Clamav1 product
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.98.7+dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • clamav< 0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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