{"id":"CVE-2015-8955","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-8955","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:12.081Z","title":"arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1 on arm64 platforms allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via vectors involving events that are mishandled during a span of multiple…","description":"arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1 on arm64 platforms allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via vectors involving events that are mishandled during a span of multiple HW PMUs.","published":"2016-10-10T10:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:35:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00207,"percentile":0.1069,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry","URL Repurposed"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry","URL Repurposed"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8955","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}