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CVE-2015-8543

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
28/12/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The networking implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3, as used in Android and other products, does not validate protocol identifiers for certain protocol families, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL function pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging CLONE_NEWUSER support to execute a crafted SOCK_RAW application.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.00 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
7.00
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.2.75 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.3 (including) 3.4.111 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.5 (including) 3.10.95 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.11 (including) 3.12.52 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.13 (including) 3.14.59 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.15 (including) 3.16.35 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.17 (including) 3.18.26 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.19 (including) 4.1.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.2 (including) 4.3.4 (excluding)

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


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