CVE-2015-8746

Aliases:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8746
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 02 May 2016, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 08:29

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.1% LOW
3% probability +1.23%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 May 2016, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 08:29
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the NFS client in the Linux kernel before 4.2.2 does not properly initialize memory for migration recovery operations, which allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via crafted network traffic.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.10%• Percentile: 87%

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 4.3.1-1 | < 4.3.1-1 | < 4.3.1-1 | < 4.3.1-1

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.2.1

References (9)