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CVE-2015-1339

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1339 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's cuse_channel_release function, affecting various Linux distributions including SUSE. A local attacker can exploit this by repeatedly opening /dev/cuse, leading to denial of service through memory exhaustion. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.2), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and does not require user interaction or privileges, but is limited to local access. The primary impact is high availability degradation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE. It is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1339Low

kernel: Memory exhaustion via CUSE driver

Mar 2, 2016

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
PatchVendor Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2015-1339
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/13
Patch