CVE-2015-5707 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2015-5707?

CVE-2015-5707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5707?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5707?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2015-5707 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5707, GHSA-rfcp-m7v6-h4ff, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5707, USN-2734-1, USN-2737-1, USN-2750-1.