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CVE-2015-8539
CVE-2015-8539
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c, security/keys/trusted.c, and security/keys/user_defined.c.
EPSS 0.42% · 34.3th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.42%
34.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 0, 3.12.0-2.5, 3.12.0-2.7 |
Timeline
- Jan 19, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 29, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8539 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284450 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/09/1 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3798-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3798-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8539 third-party-advisory