CVE-2015-1317

Use-after-free vulnerability in Oxide before 1.5.6 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by deleting all WebContents while a RenderProcessHost instance still exists.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1317 is rated Moderate Risk (57.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.44%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1317

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 2025-03-30 1.96% 1.44% -0.52%
2 2025-03-29 1.44% 1.96% +0.52%
3 2025-03-17 1.44%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1317

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1317

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1317

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-1317 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (oxide-qt), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 3, DNE 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1317

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-1317

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1317

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oxide_project oxide <= 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:oxide_project:oxide:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oxide_project oxide 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oxide_project:oxide:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1317

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