CVE-2015-7510

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getpwnam and getgrnam functions of the NSS module nss-mymachines in systemd.

Published: 2017-09-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-7510 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.33%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.74% 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-2015-7510

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7510

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 0.59% 4.33% +3.74%
2 2026-04-04 0.45% 0.59% +0.14%
3 2025-05-20 — 0.45% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7510

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
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-2015-7510

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-7510

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-7510 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (systemd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7510
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7510
suse critical — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7510/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-7510 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (systemd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial): not-affected 2, DNE 1, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7510

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7510

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
systemd_project systemd 223 cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:223:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7510

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284642 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/keszybz/systemd/commit/cb31827d62066a04b02111df3052949fda4b6888 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/2002 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
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