Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2015-8830
Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2012-6701 regression.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 4.0
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8830?
- CVE-2015-8830 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-05-02.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8830?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.