CVE-2015-2291

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-02-10. Federal remediation due 2023-03-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

9.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-08-09 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-04 03:55Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2015-03-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

da510dbd10f7d330b6d0b0a835ee25ea861a894aa42a75a8990b5273038b56d3

• www.exploit-db.com36392https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36392/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• security-center.intel.comhttps://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00051&languageid=en-frx_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130854/Intel-Network-Adapter-Diagnostic-Driver-IOCTL-DoS.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com79623http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79623vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-2291government-resource