Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-7513

Title: Debian Debian Linux Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-7513.

CWE Category CWE-369
Published Date Feb 08, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.56%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-7513: arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 does not reset the PIT counter values during state restoration, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and host OS crash) via a zero value, related to the kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit and kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit2 functions.

Impacted Vendors

L
linux 1
D
debian 1
U
ubuntu 2
C
canonical 1
R
redhat 1
F
fedoraproject 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-7513 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.