CVE-2015-9289

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In the Linux kernel before 4.1.4, a buffer overflow occurs when checking userspace params in drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c. The maximum size for a DiSEqC command is 6, according to the userspace API. However, the code allows larger values such as 23.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
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-2015-9289

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.1.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.1.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.1.5-1
debian debiansidfixed4.1.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.1.5-1

References

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