CVE-2015-1142857

On multiple SR-IOV cars it is possible for VF's assigned to guests to send ethernet flow control pause frames via the PF. This includes Linux kernel ixgbe driver before commit f079fa005aae08ee0e1bc32699874ff4f02e11c1, the Linux Kernel i40e/i40evf driver before e7358f54a3954df16d4f87e3cad35063f1c17de5 and the DPDK before commit 3f12b9f23b6499ff66ec8b0de941fb469297e5d0, additionally Multiple vendor NIC firmware is affected.

Published: 2018-01-23 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-1142857 is rated High Risk (65/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.48%). EPSS rose +1.79% 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-2015-1142857

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 0.69% 2.48% +1.79%
2 2025-03-30 1.36% 0.69% -0.67%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.36% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1142857

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.6 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 4.0 [email protected]
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-2015-1142857

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1142857

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1142857
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1142857/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1142857

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
intel x710_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:intel:x710_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel 82599_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:intel:82599_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel x540_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:intel:x540_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel i350_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:intel:i350_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel 82576_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:intel:82576_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel_ixgbe — cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel_ixgbe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel_i40e\/i40evf — cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel_i40e\/i40evf:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dpdk dpdk — cpe:2.3:o:dpdk:dpdk:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1142857

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