CVE-2015-1339

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 27 Apr 2016, 17:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 04:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
6.2 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.03% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Apr 2016, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 04:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.03%• Percentile: 10%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.3.6

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo

    11:sp4

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension

    11:sp4

References (8)