4.9

CVE-2015-5307: canonical ubuntu_linux Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5307USN-2801-1USN-2805-1
Published 16-11-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5307 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.57%
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 30 · Related 12
DLA-479-1DSA-3396-1DSA-3414-1DSA-3454-1MGASA-2015-0450MGASA-2016-0014

Timeline

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

Description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.57% 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: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu6 products
  • linux< 3.13.0-68.111
  • linux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1
  • linux-lts-vivid< 3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1
  • linux-lts-wily< 4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1
  • virtualbox< 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1
Debian3 products
Canonical1 product
Linux1 product
Oracle1 product
  • vm_virtualbox≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.0.34 | ≥ 4.1.0, ≤ 4.1.42 | ≥ 4.2.0, ≤ 4.2.34 | ≥ 4.3.0, ≤ 4.3.29 | ≥ 5.0.0, ≤ 5.0.8
Xen1 product
  • xen4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.3 | 4.3.4 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.3 | 4.4.4 | 4.5.0 | 4.5.1 | 4.5.2 | 4.5.3 | 4.5.5 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.3 | 4.6.4 | 4.6.5 | 4.6.6

6 vendors · 13 products

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