CVE-2015-3254
The client libraries in Apache Thrift before 0.9.3 might allow remote authenticated users to...
The client libraries in Apache Thrift before 0.9.3 might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via vectors involving the skip function.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The client libraries in Apache Thrift before 0.9.3 might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via vectors involving the skip function.
- Record
CVE-2015-3254- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The client libraries in Apache Thrift before 0.9.3 might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via vectors involving the skip function.
- Record
CVE-2015-3254- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-3307 No score
The client libraries in Apache Thrift before 0.9.3 might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via vectors involving the skip function.
- Record
EUVD-2015-3307- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4rvx-g54x-9p63
The client libraries in Apache Thrift before 0.9.3 might allow remote authenticated users to...
The client libraries in Apache Thrift before 0.9.3 might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via vectors involving the skip function.
- Record
GHSA-4rvx-g54x-9p63- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-3254 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Apache Thrift, published June 16, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.33%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
grokbase.com/t/thrift/user/15c2tss3td/notice-apache-thrift-security-vulnerability-cve-2015-1774
issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-3231
securityfocus.com/bid/99112
mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/thrift-user/201512.mbox/%3CCANyrgvcjvEcjTVmaL+tVXCBm4o5G+1neu=MUubD9GbU85bO_Ew%40mail.gmail.com%3E
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2477
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3254
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4rvx-g54x-9p63