CVE-2015-1420 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2015-1420 PUBLISHED

Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allows local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function.

EPSS 0.03% · 7.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.03%

7.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-vivid	3.19.0-21.21~14.04.1, 3.19.0-20.20~14.04.1, 3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux	3.13.0-24.46, 3.13.0-24.47, 3.13.0-27.50
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-utopic	3.16.0-28.38~14.04.1, 3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1, 3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1

Timeline

Mar 16, 2015 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
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Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
May 19, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1420 third-party-advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142247707318982&w=2 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2660-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2661-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2662-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2663-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2664-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2665-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2666-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2667-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1420 third-party-advisory

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