What is CVE-2015-3254?

CVE-2015-3254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Thrift, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2015-3254?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Apache Thrift

CVE-2015-3254

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-06-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.053 (92.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.053 · newest: 0.053 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Thrift

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

grokbase.com/t/thrift/user/15c2tss3td/notice-apache-thrift-security-vulnerabili… (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-3231 (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99112 (vdb-entry)
mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/thrift-user/201512.mbox/<CANyrgvcjvEcjTVmaL+t… (mailing-list)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2477 (vendor-advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3254?: CVE-2015-3254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Thrift, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2015-3254?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.