Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

14 Linux Kernel CVEs in March 2015

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In March 2015, 14 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 6 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. March's 14 CVEs represent 16% of all 2015 Linux kernel CVEs , up from February's 1 (a 1300% month-over-month increase) .

14
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
6
Medium
4
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — March 2015 14 CVEs
All (14) Critical (0) High (4) Medium (6) Low (4)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2015-1421 linux High 10.0 2015-03-16 Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.…
CVE-2014-7822 linux High 7.2 2015-03-16 The implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not enforce a restricti…
CVE-2014-8173 linux High 7.2 2015-03-16 The pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad function in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.13 on NU…
CVE-2015-0274 linux High 7.2 2015-03-16 The XFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15 improperly uses an old size value during remote attribute replac…
CVE-2014-8159 linux Medium 6.9 2015-03-16 The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL…
CVE-2015-1593 linux Medium 5.0 2015-03-16 The stack randomization feature in the Linux kernel before 3.19.1 on 64-bit platforms uses incorrect data types for the…
CVE-2014-8160 linux Medium 5.0 2015-03-02 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during…
CVE-2014-8172 linux Medium 4.9 2015-03-16 The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of files with an ina…
CVE-2015-2150 linux Medium 4.9 2015-03-12 Xen 3.3.x through 4.5.x and the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 do not properly restrict access to PCI command registers, w…
CVE-2015-0239 linux Medium 4.4 2015-03-02 The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER …
CVE-2014-9683 linux Low 3.6 2015-03-03 Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the…
CVE-2013-7421 linux Low 2.1 2015-03-02 The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system …
CVE-2014-9644 linux Low 2.1 2015-03-02 The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system …
CVE-2015-1420 linux Low 1.9 2015-03-16 Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allows local users to …

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in March 2015?

14 Linux kernel CVEs were published in March 2015, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 4 High, and 6 Medium.

How does March 2015 compare to other months?

March 2015's 14 CVEs represent 16% of all 2015 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to February's 1 CVEs, this was a 1300% increase month-over-month. View the full 2015 breakdown →

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