Critical severity · published Apr 27, 2016
CVE-2015-8812
drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not properly identify error conditions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause…
9.8
CVSS
14.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not properly identify error conditions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via crafted packets.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)14.5% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 3.2.78; 3.3 before 3.10.99; 3.11 before 3.12.56; 3.13 before 3.14.63; 3.15 before 3.16.35; 3.17 before 3.18.31; +2 more · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Novell
12 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8812
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8812
Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=67f1aee6f45059fd6b0f5b0ecb2c97ad0451f6b3
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00025.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00026.html
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