CVE-2015-3288

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

16/10/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.2.71 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.4 (including)	3.4.111 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.10 (including)	3.10.86 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.12 (including)	3.12.47 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.14 (including)	3.14.50 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.16 (including)	3.16.35 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.18 (including)	3.18.52 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.1.0 (including)	4.1.4 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2015-3288

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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