What is CVE-2015-1142857?

CVE-2015-1142857 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.6 out of 10. CVE-2015-1142857 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-1142857?

CVE-2015-1142857 has a CVSS score of 8.6 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-1142857?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-1142857. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2015-1142857 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-1142857 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2015-1142857

High

On multiple SR-IOV cars it is possible for VF's assigned to guests to send ethernet flow control pause frames via the PF. This includes Linux kernel ixgbe driver before commit f079fa005aae08ee0e1bc32699874ff4f02e11c1, the Linux Kernel i40e/i40evf driver before e7358f54a3954df16d4f87e3cad35063f1c17de5 and the DPDK before commit 3f12b9f23b6499ff66ec8b0de941fb469297e5d0, additionally Multiple vendor NIC firmware is affected.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2018-01-23

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

8.6

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-254

CVE-2015-1142857 is classified as CWE-254

See CWE-254 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2015-1142857 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Security-Center
https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00046&languageid=en-fr

Mitigation Vendor Advisory
Usenix
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity15/sec15-paper-smolyar.pdf

Technical Description Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/425
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2015-1142857

Severity High

CVSS score 8.6 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2018-01-23

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1142857?

CVE-2015-1142857 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.6 out of 10 . CVE-2015-1142857 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-1142857?

CVE-2015-1142857 has a CVSS score of 8.6 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-1142857?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-1142857. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2015-1142857 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2015-1142857 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.