CVE-2015-8963

CVSS V2 High 7.6 CVSS V3 High 7
Description
Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data structure during a CPU unplug operation.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8963
  • Assigner
  • security@android.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-11-16T05:59:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-28T19:50:54
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.3.6
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.6
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94207
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8963
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8963
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:05:29 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:05:44 2016-11-16T05:59Z 2016-11-16T05:59:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:05:44 2016-11-28T19:50:54 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:05:44 Modified Vulnerability Status updated