polkit: Memory corruption via javascript rule evaluation
Published Oct 26, 2015
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and polkitd daemon crash) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to "javascript rule evaluation."
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0189
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
polkit
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0189 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | polkit | Not affected | 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00353) | 26.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00353) | 26.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.12% (0.00124) | 29.13th | 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) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 53.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 67.60th | 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3256 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245684 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3256
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3256
| 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3256 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245684 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3256 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3256 |
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