CVE-2015-3288

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-3288
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-10-16T21:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T23:15:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.1.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93591 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2152
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3288
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333830 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d Vendor Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3288 Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3288
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3288
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:50:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:44:37 2016-10-16T21:59Z 2016-10-16T21:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:44:37 2017-01-07T03:00:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:44:37 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-19 18:05:37 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-17 22:07:23 2023-01-17T21:41:25 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-17 22:07:23 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 21:05:25 2023-02-02T20:20:30 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 21:05:25 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 21:05:25 mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero. CVE-2015-3288 kernel: zero page memory arbitrary modification Description updated
2023-02-02 21:05:26 References updated
2023-02-13 01:06:44 2023-02-12T23:15:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 01:06:45 CVE-2015-3288 kernel: zero page memory arbitrary modification mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero. Description updated