CVE-2015-8324 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the ext4 filesystem implementation of the Linux kernel prior to version 2.6.34. This flaw allows a physically proximate attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and system panic by connecting a specially crafted USB device, due to improper data structure initialization during the ext4_fill_super function. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, but necessitates physical access to the affected system. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.33.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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