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CVE-2015-1465

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1465 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel versions prior to 3.18.8, including Canonical Ubuntu Linux. An attacker can exploit this by sending a flood of packets, leading to excessive memory consumption or a system crash due to improper handling of RCU grace periods for redirect lookups. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (high), this vulnerability is easily exploitable remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.10.50, < 3.10.70CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.12.26, < 3.12.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.14.14, < 3.14.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.15.7, < 3.16.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.17, < 3.18.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0647 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1465Important

kernel: net: DoS due to routing packets to too many different dsts/too fast

Jan 23, 2015

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/df4d92549f23e1c037e83323aff58a21b3de7fe0
Third Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.8
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/02/03/13
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/72435
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036763
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2545-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2546-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2562-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2563-1
Third Party Advisory