CVE-2015-6937

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 28
Modified
Published: 19 Oct 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 07:36

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.04% 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, 07:36
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not properly bound.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.04%• Percentile: 13%

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.2.3

References (31)