CVE-2015-2666 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2015-2666 PUBLISHED

Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_matching_model_microcode function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by constructing a crafted microcode header and leveraging root privileges for write access to the initrd.

EPSS 0.10% · 28.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.10%

28.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux	0, 3.11.0-12.19, 3.12.0-1.3
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-utopic	0, 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2, 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1

Timeline

Mar 25, 2015 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 1, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2023 EPSS Score
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Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
May 19, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2666 third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/18/7 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2587-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2588-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2589-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2590-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2666 third-party-advisory

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