VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8312
Off-by-one error in afs_pioctl.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.16 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and system crash) via a pioctl with an input buffer size of 4096 bytes.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Off-by-one error in afs_pioctl.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.16 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and system crash) via a pioctl with an input buffer size of 4096 bytes.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- openafs/openafs · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2ef863720da4d9f368aaca0461c672a3008195ca
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openafs.org/dl/1.6.16/RELNOTES-1.6.16Vendor Advisory
- http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2ef863720da4d9f368aaca0461c672a3008195ca
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openafs.org/dl/1.6.16/RELNOTES-1.6.16Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.