Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2014-7822
The implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not enforce a restriction on the maximum size of a single file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted splice system call, as demonstrated by use of a file descriptor associated with an ext4 filesystem.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (66.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 (vendor-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36743/ (exploit)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2542-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0164.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72347 (vdb-entry)