Is CVE-2015-5251 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-5251 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-5251?

CVE-2015-5251 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-5251?

CVE-2015-5251 has an EPSS score of 2.04% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5251?

Upgrade glance on debian 11 to 1:11.0.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-5251

MEDIUMEPSS 79th pctl

5.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

OpenStack Image Service (Glance) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) allow remote authenticated users to change the status of their images and bypass access restrictions via the HTTP x-image-meta-status header to images/*.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

glanceDebian

Fixed in:1:11.0.0-1CVE-2015-5251

glanceUbuntu

Fixed in:1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.1USN-3446-1

glance-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.1USN-3446-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

security.openstack.org

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.