What is CVE-2015-7869?

CVE-2015-7869 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.6 out of 10. CVE-2015-7869 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-7869?

CVE-2015-7869 has a CVSS score of 6.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-7869?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-7869. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2015-7869 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-7869 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2015-7869

Medium

Multiple integer overflows in the kernel mode driver for the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 before 341.92, R352 before 354.35, and R358 before 358.87 on Windows and R304 before 304.131, R340 before 340.96, R352 before 352.63, and R358 before 358.16 on Linux allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (crash), or possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors, which trigger uninitialized or out of bounds memory access. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT2 and ADT3 due to different vulnerability type and affected versions. See CVE-2015-8328 for the vulnerability in the NVAPI support layer in NVIDIA drivers for Windows.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2015-11-24

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-189

CVE-2015-7869 is classified as CWE-189

See CWE-189 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2015-7869 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Nvidia
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3808/kw/security

Vendor Advisory
Securitytracker
http://securitytracker.com/id/1034176

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Ubuntu Security
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2814-1

Third Party Advisory
H20565
https://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04971867

Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory

Details

CVE ID CVE-2015-7869

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.6 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2015-11-24

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7869?

CVE-2015-7869 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.6 out of 10 . CVE-2015-7869 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-7869?

CVE-2015-7869 has a CVSS score of 6.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-7869?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-7869. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2015-7869 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2015-7869 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.