Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

20 Linux Kernel CVEs in August 2015

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In August 2015, 20 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 5 were rated High severity and 12 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. August's 20 CVEs represent 23% of all 2015 Linux kernel CVEs , up from July's 1 (a 1900% month-over-month increase) .

20
Total CVEs
0
Critical
5
High
12
Medium
3
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — August 2015 20 CVEs
All (20) Critical (0) High (5) Medium (12) Low (3)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2015-5364 linux High 7.8 2015-08-31 The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding …
CVE-2015-3290 linux High 7.2 2015-08-31 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform improperly relies on espfix64 during …
CVE-2015-4036 linux High 7.2 2015-08-31 Array index error in the tcm_vhost_make_tpg function in drivers/vhost/scsi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 might allow…
CVE-2015-5157 linux High 7.2 2015-08-31 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform mishandles IRET faults in processing …
CVE-2015-1805 linux High 7.2 2015-08-08 The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16 do not properly consi…
CVE-2015-3214 linux Medium 6.9 2015-08-31 The pit_ioport_read in i8254.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 and QEMU before 2.3.1 does not distinguish between rea…
CVE-2015-5366 linux Medium 5.0 2015-08-31 The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 provide inappropriate -EAGAIN retu…
CVE-2014-9729 linux Medium 4.9 2015-08-31 The udf_read_inode function in fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not ensure a certain data-structur…
CVE-2014-9728 linux Medium 4.9 2015-08-31 The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not validate certain lengths, which allows loc…
CVE-2014-9730 linux Medium 4.9 2015-08-31 The udf_pc_to_char function in fs/udf/symlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 relies on component lengths that are …
CVE-2015-4700 linux Medium 4.9 2015-08-31 The bpf_int_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 allows local users to …
CVE-2015-1333 linux Medium 4.9 2015-08-31 Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local use…
CVE-2015-3212 linux Medium 4.9 2015-08-31 Race condition in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (l…
CVE-2015-6526 linux Medium 4.9 2015-08-31 The perf_callchain_user_64 function in arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.2 on ppc64 platform…
CVE-2015-3636 linux Medium 4.9 2015-08-06 The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3 does not initialize a certain list data st…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2015?

20 Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2015, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 5 High, and 12 Medium.

How does August 2015 compare to other months?

August 2015's 20 CVEs represent 23% of all 2015 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to July's 1 CVEs, this was a 1900% increase month-over-month. View the full 2015 breakdown →

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