What is CVE-2015-7543?

CVE-2015-7543 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artsproject Arts, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2015-7543?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Artsproject Arts

CVE-2015-7543

aRts 1.5.10 and kdelibs3 3.5.10 and earlier do not properly create temporary directories, which allows local users to hijack the IPC by pre-creating the temporary directory.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2017-07-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Artsproject Arts — versions 1.5.10
KDE Kdelibs

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7543?: CVE-2015-7543 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artsproject Arts, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2015-7543?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.