CVE-2015-7540

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

7.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2015-12-29 22:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-09-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-399
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7bd8913785cd2525ffd96a90c607c9c3f0b5b20fc4e161764852744a1aeb5836

• git.samba.orghttps://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9d989c9dd7a5b92d0c5d65287935471b83b6e884x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-0e0879cc8ahttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2855-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.samba.orghttps://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=530d50a1abdcdf4d1775652d4c456c1274d83d8dx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1034492http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034492vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com79736http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79736vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.samba.orghttps://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-7540.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-b36076d32ehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.debian.orgDSA-3433http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-47https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2855-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2356http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1288451x_refsource_CONFIRM