Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2015-8967

arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 allows local users to bypass the "strict page permissions" protection mechanism and modify the system-call table, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging write access.

  • Published: Dec 8, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2015-8967
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
google / android - 7.0.x
linux / linux_kernel - 3.18.54.x
linux / linux_kernel 3.19 3.19.8.x