CVE-2015-8312

high

Published 2016-05-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.2

VIR risk

7.8

Description

Off-by-one error in afs_pioctl.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.16 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and system crash) via a pioctl with an input buffer size of 4096 bytes.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8312

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.openafs.org/dl/1.6.16/RELNOTES-1.6.16

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	8.0	affected
debian	9.0	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.6.17-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.6.17-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.6.17-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.6.17-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
openafs	openafs	`{"endIncluding":"1.6.15"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.