CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-8543

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The networking implementation in the Linux kernel through version 4.3.3, used in Android and other products, does not validate protocol identifiers for certain protocol families. This can lead to denial of service or potential privilege escalation by local users.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to attacks that result in system crashes or unauthorized access to resources. Exploiting this vulnerability could have serious security implications for the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, monitoring and restricting access to networking protocol functions can help minimize risk.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The networking implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3, as used in Android and other products, does not validate protocol identifiers for certain protocol families, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL function pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging CLONE_NEWUSER support to execute a crafted SOCK_RAW application.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS