CVE-2015-8970

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

0.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 43.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

Moderate. 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.

Published

2016-11-28 03:01Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-04

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

772b6735d928f963abe7bb22960e021be1478ddd000a1907bc58d52a365baad5

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2437https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2437vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.2x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026fx_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2444https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2444vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2077https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026fx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161104 Re: CVE request -- linux kernel: crypto: GPF in lrw_crypt caused by null-derefhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386286x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94217http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94217vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/syzkaller/frb2XrB5aWk/xCXzkIBcDAAJx_refsource_CONFIRM