CVE-2015-6569: atlassian floodlight
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-6569 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in atlassian floodlight. EPSS estimates a 1.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 21-02-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Race condition in the LoadBalancer module in the Atlassian Floodlight Controller before 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and thread crash) via a state manipulation attack.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
1.87%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
79%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.87% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper SynchronizationThe product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceThe product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Atlassian1 product
- floodlight< 1.2
1 vendor · 1 product
References
3 links- floodlight.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/floodlightcontroller/pages/24805419/Floodlight+v1.2X Refsource CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory