CVE-2015-5707

CWE-190Integer Overflow15 documents9 sources
Severity
4.6MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 19
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages4 packages

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rfcp-m7v6-h4ff: Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2015-5707: Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg2015-10-19
OSV
CVE-2015-5707: Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg2015-10-19

📋Vendor Advisories

9
Android
CVE-2015-5707: SCSI driver2017-07-01
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2015-10-01
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities2015-10-01
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability2015-09-29
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability2015-09-09

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5707 kernel: number wraparound vulnerability in function start_req()2015-08-04
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5707 kernel: number wraparound vulnerability in function start_req() [fedora-all]2015-08-04