UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8830

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CVE-2015-8830
Published: 02 May 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:23

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 May 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:23
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2012-6701 regression.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-86.130

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-71.91~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

    < 3.19.0-59.65~14.04.1

References (8)