- 10.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 13.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
NaCl in 2015 allowed the CLFLUSH instruction, making rowhammer attacks possible.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Linux Kernel (x86-64) - Rowhammer Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36310local, linux_x86-64published 9 Mar 2015Verified
- Rowhammer - NaCl Sandbox Escape (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36311local, linux_x86-64published 9 Mar 2015Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.6% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Affected products
References
3
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36310/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36311/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/03/exploiting-dram-rowhammer-bug-to-gain.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-0578 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-0565)Record last updated .