{"cve":"CVE-2015-3218","nvd":{"published":"2015-10-26T19:59:00.107","modified":"2026-06-17T00:25:33.640","status":"Modified","description":"The authentication_agent_new function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and polkitd daemon crash) by calling RegisterAuthenticationAgent with an invalid object path.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html","http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html","http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.html","http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.html"],"products":["polkit_project:polkit"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-3218","score":0.00432,"percentile":0.37435,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}