CVE-2015-8964 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a tty data structure.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd42bf1197144ede075a9d4793123f7689e164bc
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd42bf1197144ede075a9d4793123f7689e164bc
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8964
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8964

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2016-11-16T04:49:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:30.376Z

Reserved: 2016-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8964

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-16T05:59:03.843

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8964

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-11-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8964 - Bugzilla

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