CVE-2015-5247

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.4%

Medium (6.5). EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The virStorageVolCreateXML API in libvirt 1.2.14 through 1.2.19 allows remote authenticated users with a read-write connection to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by triggering a failed unlink after creating a volume on a root_squash NFS pool.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2016-04-14
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux
redhat:libvirt

References

http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0003.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2867-1
http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0003.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2867-1

Check your stack JSON