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CVE-2015-8830

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8830 describes an integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function within the Linux kernel (version 4.0), affecting the AIO iovec. This vulnerability, a regression of CVE-2012-6701, allows local users to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it presents a low attack complexity and requires local privileges, but can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community or media attention, indicating a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-754.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-957.el7
View patch
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: realtime-kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8830Moderate

kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols

Mar 21, 2015

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Vendor Advisory
git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1854
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3083
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3096
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
Vendor Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3503
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2968-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2968-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2969-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2970-1