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.
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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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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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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 |
: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |