Is CVE-2015-5307 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-5307 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-5307?

CVE-2015-5307 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-5307?

CVE-2015-5307 has an EPSS score of 0.57% (43th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5307?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 4.2.6-1 or later. Fixes are available for 34 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-5307

MEDIUM

4.9

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c.

CWE-399Resource Management Errors

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:4.2.6-1CVE-2015-5307

linuxUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-68.111USN-2801-1

linux-image-3.13.0-68-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-68.111USN-2801-1

linux-image-3.13.0-68-generic-lpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-68.111USN-2801-1

linux-image-3.13.0-68-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-68.111USN-2801-1

linux-image-3.13.0-68-powerpc-e500Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-68.111USN-2801-1

linux-image-3.13.0-68-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-68.111USN-2801-1

linux-image-3.13.0-68-powerpc-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-68.111USN-2801-1

linux-image-3.13.0-68-powerpc64-embUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-68.111USN-2801-1

linux-image-3.13.0-68-powerpc64-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-68.111USN-2801-1

linux-image-3.16.0-53-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1USN-2805-1

linux-image-3.16.0-53-generic-lpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1USN-2805-1

linux-image-3.16.0-53-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1USN-2805-1

linux-image-3.16.0-53-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu

Fixed in:3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1USN-2805-1

linux-image-3.16.0-53-powerpc-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1USN-2805-1

linux-image-3.16.0-53-powerpc64-embUbuntu

Fixed in:3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1USN-2805-1

linux-image-3.16.0-53-powerpc64-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1USN-2805-1

linux-image-3.19.0-33-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1USN-2806-1

linux-image-3.19.0-33-generic-lpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1USN-2806-1

linux-image-3.19.0-33-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1USN-2806-1

linux-image-3.19.0-33-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu

Fixed in:3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1USN-2806-1

linux-image-3.19.0-33-powerpc-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1USN-2806-1

linux-image-3.19.0-33-powerpc64-embUbuntu

Fixed in:3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1USN-2806-1

linux-image-3.19.0-33-powerpc64-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1USN-2806-1

linux-image-4.2.0-18-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1USN-2807-1

linux-image-4.2.0-18-generic-lpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1USN-2807-1

linux-image-4.2.0-18-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1USN-2807-1

linux-image-4.2.0-18-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu

Fixed in:4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1USN-2807-1

linux-image-4.2.0-18-powerpc-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1USN-2807-1

linux-image-4.2.0-18-powerpc64-embUbuntu

Fixed in:4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1USN-2807-1

linux-image-4.2.0-18-powerpc64-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1USN-2807-1

linux-lts-utopicUbuntu

Fixed in:3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1USN-2805-1

linux-lts-vividUbuntu

Fixed in:3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1USN-2806-1

linux-lts-wilyUbuntu

Fixed in:4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1USN-2807-1

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

0.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

43rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 43% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2009-3103	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2009-0075	High	9.3	85%	-	-
CVE-2005-1790	Low	2.6	83%	-	-
CVE-2010-0806	High	8.8	82%	KEV	-
CVE-2009-2526	High	7.8	82%	-	-
CVE-2015-1868	High	7.8	82%	-	Fix

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