CVE-2015-3288

high

Description

mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero.

References

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https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3288

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333830

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93591

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-3335

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-10-16

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H