VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-2666

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…

MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.42%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: linux/linux kernel · fedoraproject/fedora
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4Broken Link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153329.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/18Mailing List
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032414Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204722Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4Patch
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4Broken Link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153329.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/18Mailing List
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032414Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204722Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4Patch

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.