VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-8830

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.35%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2016-05-02

Last modified2026-06-17

Description

Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2012-6701 regression.