NVD
- Id
- 24687
- Name
- CVE-2015-2666
- Description
- Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_matching_model_microcode function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by constructing a crafted microcode header and leveraging root privileges for write access to the initrd.
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 6.9
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS Base Score
- 6.9
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 10
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 3.4
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
- Pub Date
- 2017-01-19
- Published
- 2015-05-27
- Modified Date
- 2016-12-30
- Seq
- 2015-2666