What is CVE-2015-2922?

CVE-2015-2922 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10. CVE-2015-2922 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-2922?

CVE-2015-2922 has a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10, rated Low severity. The vector string is AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-2922?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2015-2922 patch availability.

Is CVE-2015-2922 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-2922 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2015-2922

Low

The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2015-05-27

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

3.3

out of 10

Low

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type

CWE-17

CVE-2015-2922 is classified as CWE-17

See CWE-17 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

19 total

Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6

Exploit Vendor Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2

Exploit
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a
Lists
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155804.html

Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155854.html

Third Party Advisory

Showing 5 of 19 references View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2015-2922

Severity Low

CVSS score 3.3 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2015-05-27

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-2922?

CVE-2015-2922 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10 . CVE-2015-2922 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-2922?

CVE-2015-2922 has a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10, rated Low severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-2922?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2015-2922 patch availability.
Is CVE-2015-2922 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2015-2922 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.