CVE-2015-1339
Memory 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
02 Description
Memory 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-04-27 17:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 68037b4c5d74c5550682f66f9fba344b86763992284ff1deb38a6ce575b8f03e
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160302 CVE-2015-1339: Linux Kernel: memory exhaustion via CUSE driverhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/13
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314331
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1707http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969356
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1339
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux-lts-wily Fixed in 4.2.0-30.35~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.