CVE-2015-5327
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
Out-of-bounds memory read in the x509_decode_time function in x509_cert_parser.c in Linux kernels 4.3-rc1 and after.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5327.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/27/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278978
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cc25b994acfbc901429da682d0f73c190e960206
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5327
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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