CVE-2015-5707

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 24
Modified
Published: 19 Oct 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:59

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
18/100
CVSS Score
4.6 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Oct 2015, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:59
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 26%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-190•Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 2.6.0, < 4.1.0

  • suse•suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

    11:sp3

  • suse•suse_linux_enterprise_server

    11:sp2 | 11:sp3

References (27)