VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-9289
In the Linux kernel before 4.1.4, a buffer overflow occurs when checking userspace params in drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 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
In the Linux kernel before 4.1.4, a buffer overflow occurs when checking userspace params in drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c. The maximum size for a DiSEqC command is 6, according to the userspace API. However, the code allows larger values such as 23.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283cPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283cPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4Release Notes
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283cPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283cPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4Release Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.