Vulnerability CVE-2015-9289
Published: 2019-07-27   Modified: 2019-07-28

Description:
In the Linux kernel before 4.1.4, a buffer overflow occurs when checking userspace params in drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c. The maximum size for a DiSEqC command is 6, according to the userspace API. However, the code allows larger values such as 23.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283c
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283c
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4
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