CVE-2015-1593

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 14
Modified
Published: 16 Mar 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 04:47

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.97% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Mar 2015, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 04:47
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The stack randomization feature in the Linux kernel before 3.19.1 on 64-bit platforms uses incorrect data types for the results of bitwise left-shift operations, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by predicting the address of the top of the stack, related to the randomize_stack_top function in fs/binfmt_elf.c and the stack_maxrandom_size function in arch/x86/mm/mmap.c.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.97%• Percentile: 84%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.18.9

References (21)