CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8956

6.1 MEDIUM Published 2016-10-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-10-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

The rfcomm_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM socket.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.1.33) • google android (<= 7.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References