What is CVE-2015-8312?

CVE-2015-8312 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openafs, classified under CWE-189. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-8312?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openafs

CVE-2015-8312

Off-by-one error in afs_pioctl.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.16 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and system crash) via a pioctl with an input buffer size of 4096 bytes.

EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openafs
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-189

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8312?: CVE-2015-8312 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openafs, classified under CWE-189. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-8312?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.