CVE-2015-2666

2015-05-2710:59:04

CWE-119

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CVSS2

6.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

AI Score

5.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

30.2%

JSON

Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_matching_model_microcode function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by constructing a crafted microcode header and leveraging root privileges for write access to the initrd.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange3.9–3.10.83

linuxlinux_kernelRange3.11–3.12.40

linuxlinux_kernelRange3.13–3.14.47

linuxlinux_kernelRange3.15–3.16.35

linuxlinux_kernelRange3.17–3.18.19

Node

fedoraprojectfedoraMatch21

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraprojectfedora21cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*