HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-7236

Rpcbind vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.4%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Use-after-free vulnerability in xprt_set_caller in rpcb_svc_com.c in rpcbind 0.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted packets, involving a PMAP_CALLIT code.
Affected vendor
Rpcbind Project
Affected product
Rpcbind
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2015-10-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-7236

  • Confirm whether Rpcbind Project Rpcbind is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-7236.
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