3.3

CVE-2015-2924: networkmanager_project networkmanager Improper Input Validation

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-2924DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2924
Published 16-11-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-2924 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in networkmanager_project networkmanager. EPSS estimates a 1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 3.3, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.20%
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 2 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10152-1RHSA-2015:2315

Timeline

  1. 16-11-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The receive_ra function in rdisc/nm-lndp-rdisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in NetworkManager 1.x allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message, a similar issue to CVE-2015-2922.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

68%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.20% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

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

Debian1 product
  • network-manager< 1.0.2-1
Networkmanager_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • network-manager< 1.0.4-0ubuntu5

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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