CVE-2015-8543

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

1.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 68.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2015-12-28 11:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-11

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

754f3faeb2f356bf9c7c5bf1ecb92e1068266e13b85a457f3eeb0b48074d9b0a

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• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2886-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2584http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2574http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2890-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/79462ad02e861803b3840cc782248c7359451cd9x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=79462ad02e861803b3840cc782248c7359451cd9x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3426http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3426vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151209 Re: CVE request - Android kernel - IPv6 connect cause a denial of servicehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/09/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290475x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3434http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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