7.5

CVE-2015-3194: canonical ubuntu_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-3194DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3194
Published 06-12-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-3194 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 44.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 44% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
44.02%
0%100%
High · 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 10 · Related 7
DSA-3413-1MGASA-2015-0466OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10309-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1RHSA-2015:2617SUSE-SU-2015:2230-1

Timeline

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

Description

crypto/rsa/rsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1q and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an RSA PSS ASN.1 signature that lacks a mask generation function parameter.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

44.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 44.02% 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, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Nodejs1 product
  • node.js≥ 0.10.0, < 0.10.41 | ≥ 0.12.0, < 0.12.9 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.2.3 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.1.1
Openssl1 product
  • opensslEOL1.0.1 | 1.0.1a | 1.0.1b | 1.0.1c | 1.0.1d | 1.0.1e | 1.0.1f | 1.0.1g | 1.0.1h | 1.0.1i | 1.0.1j | 1.0.1k | 1.0.1l | 1.0.1m | 1.0.1n | 1.0.1o | 1.0.1p | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2a | 1.0.2b | 1.0.2c | 1.0.2d
Ubuntu1 product
  • openssl< 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.16

5 vendors · 6 products

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