polkit: Heap-corruption on duplicate ids
Published Oct 26, 2015
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
The polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 might allow local users to gain privileges via duplicate action IDs in action descriptions.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.112
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
polkit
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
polkit
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | polkit | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | polkit | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00365) | 27.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00365) | 28.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00082) | 21.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3255 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83590 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245673 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3255
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-07 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3255
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3255 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83590 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245673 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3255 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-07 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3255 |
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