CVE-2015-0248

The (1) mod_dav_svn and (2) svnserve servers in Subversion 1.6.0 through 1.7.19 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and abort) via crafted parameter combinations related to dynamically evaluated revision numbers.

Published: 2015-04-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-0248 is rated Moderate Risk (50.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.84%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0248

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 15.80% 12.84% -2.96%
2 2026-02-07 16.16% 15.80% -0.35%
3 2026-01-25 16.16%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0248

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-0248

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0248

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-0248 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (subversion), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0248
gentoo normal CVE-2015-0248: 1 GLSA(s) (201610-05), 2 atom(s) (dev-vcs/subversion, net-libs/serf); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-0248
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0248
suse medium CVE-2015-0248 severity moderate: SUSE including 105 source package names (libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1-0-1.10.6-1.12, libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1-0-1.8.10-12.1, …), 143 product×package rows across 33 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15, … (33 product lines)): Fixed 143. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0248/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-0248 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (subversion), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 4, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0248

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0248

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache subversion 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.13 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.15 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.17 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.18 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.19 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.20 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.21 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.23 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.12 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.13 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.15 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.17 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.18 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.19 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple xcode 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 6.7.z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.7.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0248

URL Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00002.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1633.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1742.html
http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-0248-advisory.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3231
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:192 Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74260
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033214
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2721-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05
https://support.apple.com/HT205217 Third Party Advisory
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