CVE-2015-0272

GNOME NetworkManager allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv6 traffic disruption) via a crafted MTU value in an IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8215.

Published: 2015-11-17 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-0272 is rated Moderate Risk (56.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.06%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0272

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 0.91% 5.06% +4.15%
2 2026-05-13 1.08% 0.91% -0.17%
3 2025-12-28 — 1.08% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0272

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-2015-0272

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0272

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-0272 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (network-manager), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0272
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0272
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-0272 medium priority: Ubuntu including 100 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 864 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 568, not-affected 151, released 107, ignored 37, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0272

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0272

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome networkmanager < 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:-:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
oracle linux 7 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0272

URL Tags
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=d5fc88e573fa58b93034b04d35a2454f5d28cad9 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76814 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2792-1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192132 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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