CVE-2015-5185

Exp

The lookupProviders function in providerMgr.c in sblim-sfcb 1.3.4 and 1.3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty className in a packet.

Published: 2015-09-28 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5185 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.36%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.18% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5185

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5185

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 1.18% 3.36% +2.18%
2 2025-07-12 1.15% 1.18% +0.03%
3 2025-04-21 — 1.15% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5185

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-2015-5185

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5185

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5185
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5185 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sblim-sfcb), 11 status rows across 11 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 6, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5185

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-5185

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html">CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5185

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
standards_based_linux_instrumentation sblim-sfcb 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:standards_based_linux_instrumentation:sblim-sfcb:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
standards_based_linux_instrumentation sblim-sfcb 1.3.18 cpe:2.3:a:standards_based_linux_instrumentation:sblim-sfcb:1.3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5185

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