CVE-2015-5261

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 40.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2016-06-07 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 06:41Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-07-01

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4763dcbb1e7636f054a7cbb709002bda39309d53260fff16307045f961413faf

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1890http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1890.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151006 Fwd: [vs-plain] CVE-2015-5261http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-05https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-05vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261889x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2766-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2766-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.freedesktop.org[Spice-devel] 20151006 Announcing spice 0.12.6http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2015-October/022191.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1889http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1889.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.debian.orgDSA-3371http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3371vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securitytracker.com1033753http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033753vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK