CVE-2015-8956

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 10 Oct 2016, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 08:36

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
6.1 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.02% LOW
0% probability -0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Oct 2016, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 08:36
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The rfcomm_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM socket.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.1CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.02%• Percentile: 7%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • google•android

    ≤ 7.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.1.33

References (6)