CVE-2015-1339

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1339
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-27 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.2 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cuse: fix memory leak · torvalds/linux@2c5816b · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com Issue Tracking
CVE-2015-1339 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-tracker.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1008-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - CVE-2015-1339: Linux Kernel: memory exhaustion via CUSE driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
1314331 – (CVE-2015-1339) CVE-2015-1339 kernel: Memory exhaustion via CUSE driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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