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CVE-2015-5283

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5283 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel before version 4.2.3, specifically within the sctp_init function. A local attacker can trigger a system panic or memory corruption by creating SCTP sockets prematurely due to an incorrect protocol initialization sequence. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating a medium attack complexity and a high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0055 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-327.rt56.204.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-327.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: realtime-kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5283Moderate

kernel: Creating multiple sockets when SCTP module isn't loaded leads to kernel panic

Sep 22, 2015

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Exploit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
patchwork.ozlabs.org / patch/515996
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
Exploit
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2015-5283
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3372
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
securityfocus.com / bid/77058
securitytracker.com / id/1033808
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2823-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2826-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2829-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2829-2