CVE-2015-7884 (GCVE-0-2015-7884)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-12-28 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:06
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2334 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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Date Public
2015-10-21 00:00
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