6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-7513
Linux KVM PIT Counter Reset Vulnerability (Denial of Service)
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 8, 2016, 3:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:36 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

2.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-7513 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-7513 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-7513.

URL Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-7513 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-7513 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Vendor Advisory http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Vendor Advisory https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Evaluator Description <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html">CWE-369: Divide By Zero</a>
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Vendor Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-369
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.4 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 10, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Evaluator Description <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html">CWE-369: Divide By Zero</a>
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Advisory
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-7513 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-7513 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.26165

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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