CVE-2015-8785

CWE-83517 documents8 sources
Severity
6.2MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 8
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The fuse_fill_write_pages function in fs/fuse/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers a zero length for the first segment of an iov.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-4wfp-r3v4-54hj: The fuse_fill_write_pages function in fs/fuse/file2022-05-13
OSV
linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities2016-02-22
CVEList
CVE-2015-8785: The fuse_fill_write_pages function in fs/fuse/file2016-02-08
OSV
CVE-2015-8785: The fuse_fill_write_pages function in fs/fuse/file2016-02-08

📋Vendor Advisories

11
Ubuntu
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Ubuntu
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities2016-02-22
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities2016-02-22

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8785 kernel: fuse: possible denial of service in fuse_fill_write_pages()2015-12-11