6.5

CVE-2015-5247: canonical ubuntu_linux Improper Access Control

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2015-5247
Published 14-04-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5247 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.37%
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 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1

Timeline

  1. 14-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The virStorageVolCreateXML API in libvirt 1.2.14 through 1.2.19 allows remote authenticated users with a read-write connection to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by triggering a failed unlink after creating a volume on a root_squash NFS pool.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.37% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.37%

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

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • libvirt< 1.2.20-1
Redhat1 product
  • libvirt1.2.14 | 1.2.15 | 1.2.16 | 1.2.17 | 1.2.18 | 1.2.19

3 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links