What is CVE-2015-5366?

CVE-2015-5366 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10. CVE-2015-5366 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-5366?

CVE-2015-5366 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-5366?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2015-5366 patch availability.

Is CVE-2015-5366 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-5366 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2015-5366

Medium

The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 provide inappropriate -EAGAIN return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EPOLLET epoll application read outage) via an incorrect checksum in a UDP packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5364.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2015-08-31

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2015-5366 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2015-5366

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2015-08-31

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5366?

CVE-2015-5366 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10 . CVE-2015-5366 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-5366?

CVE-2015-5366 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-5366?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2015-5366 patch availability.
Is CVE-2015-5366 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2015-5366 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.