CVE-2015-3290

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.10% (66th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

21 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform improperly relies on espfix64 during nested NMI processing, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI within a certain instruction window.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-37722Linux Kernel - 'espfix64' Nested NMIs Interrupting Privilege EscalationPoC · exploit_db

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Broadcom Brocade SANnavall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:broadcom:brocade_sannav:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Google Container-Optimized OSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:container-optimized_os:-
IBM QRadar SIEM <7.5.0 UP11all versionscert_bundDE
Kyocera Printerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:kyocera:printer:-
Open Source Linux Kernelall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SolarWinds Security Event Manager <2025.2.1all versionscert_bundDE
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
IBM QRadar SIEM< 7.5.0 UP11cert_bundDE
SolarWinds Security Event Manager< 2025.2.1cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
linux linux kernel< 3.12.47nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel3.13 → 3.14.54nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel3.15 → 3.16.35nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel3.17 → 3.18.22nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-3050Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-09-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen und andere nicht spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu verursachen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-08-31modified 2026-06-17

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references (38)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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