CVE-2015-1339 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's cuse_channel_release function, affecting various Linux distributions including SUSE. A local attacker can exploit this by repeatedly opening /dev/cuse, leading to denial of service through memory exhaustion. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.2), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and does not require user interaction or privileges, but is limited to local access. The primary impact is high availability degradation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE. It is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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