VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-7822
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability1.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-03-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
The implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not enforce a restriction on the maximum size of a single file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted splice system call, as demonstrated by use of a file descriptor associated with an ext4 filesystem.