CVE-2015-8956

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 10, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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