6.1

CVE-2015-5156

The virtnet_probe function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 attempts to support a FRAGLIST feature without proper memory allocation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) via a crafted sequence of fragmented packets.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version <= 4.1.10
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.22% 0.417
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 6.1 6.5 6.9
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.