CVE-2015-0847

nbd-server.c in Network Block Device (nbd-server) before 3.11 does not properly handle signals, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2015-05-29 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-0847 is rated Moderate Risk (61.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.55%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0847

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 2025-07-19 1.85% 2.55% +0.71%
2 2025-07-05 3.54% 1.85% -1.70%
3 2025-05-20 3.54%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0847

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-0847

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0847

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-0847 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nbd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0847
suse high CVE-2015-0847 severity important: SUSE including 3 source package names (nbd-3.13-3.5, nbd-3.25-160000.3.2, nbd-doc-3.13-3.5), 3 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 3. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0847/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-0847 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nbd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0847

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0847

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wouter_verhelst nbd <= 3.10 cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0847

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