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CVE-2014-7822

Public on 2015-02-11
Modified on 2015-02-11
Description

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's splice() system call validated its parameters. On certain file systems, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to write past the maximum file size, and thus crash the system.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2015-02-11 19:34 ALAS-2015-476

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C