CVE-2015-7884
low
CVSS v3
2.3
CVSS v2
1.9
VIR risk
2.3
Description
The vivid_fb_ioctl function in drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-osd.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
25%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7884
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7884.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.2.6-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.2.6-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.2.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.2.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.2.6-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7884.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=eda98796aff0d9bf41094b06811f5def3b4c333c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77317
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034893
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274726
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eda98796aff0d9bf41094b06811f5def3b4c333c
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7884
CWEs
CWE-200
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.