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CVE-2015-2155

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2155 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in tcpdump versions prior to 4.7.2, specifically within the "force printer" component, which could also lead to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability affects various Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Oracle. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, allowing unauthenticated attackers to potentially compromise system availability and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0781 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tcpdump-14:4.9.0-5.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tcpdump
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: tcpdump

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-2155Moderate

tcpdump: force printer vulnerability

Mar 9, 2015

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2015-0114.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html
Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1871
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201510-04
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3193
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/73021
securitytracker.com / id/1031937
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2580-1