CVE-2015-3310

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 92nd percentile. No fix published yet.

CVSS 2.04.3Medium EPSS percentile92nd5.4% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixNone yetNo fix or workaround published

Published 2015-04-24Updated 2026-05-06Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Buffer overflow in the rc_mksid function in plugins/radius/util.c in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) 2.4.6 and earlier, when the PID for pppd is greater than 65535, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a start accounting message to the RADIUS server.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS92nd

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

5.4% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 92nd percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 4080 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-06-25OpenVAS check added
2026-05-06Record updated
2015-04-24Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

canonicalcommercial · GBaka canonical ltd.
- ubuntu linuxOSOn-premOperating Systems / linux-distro
debianoss-project · GBaka debian gnu/linux
- debian linuxOSOn-premOperating Systems / linux-distro
point-to-point protocol projectoss-projectaka point-to-point protocol
- point-to-point protocolMixedNetworking Infrastructure / network-management

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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

Scored 4.3 by NVD.

How it is reached

Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
Access Complexity MediumSome conditions must be met
Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
Availability PartialReduced performance or service disruption

Weaknesses

CWE-119No name in the record

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Initial AccessT1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationhigh confidence
Privilege EscalationT1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationhigh confidence

Sources

References in the record

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