CVE-2015-5327

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Published 2017-09-25 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Out-of-bounds memory read in the x509_decode_time function in x509_cert_parser.c in Linux kernels 4.3-rc1 and after.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5327

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cc25b994acfbc901429da682d0f73c190e960206

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5327.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0
linux linux-kernel4.3affected

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.