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CVE-2015-7884 Details

Description

The vivid_fb_ioctl function in drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-osd.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=eda98796aff0d9bf41094b06811f5def3b4c333c CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274726 CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eda98796aff0d9bf41094b06811f5def3b4c333c CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/8 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
<= 4.3.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7884
NVD Published Date:
Dec 28, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-7884 Details - Not Deferred