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CVE-2011-4915
fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive keystroke information via access to /proc/interrupts.
Medium5.5EPSS 0.51%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive keystroke information via access to /proc/interrupts.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Path Disclosure
- CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs
Affected products
Linux kernel
- affected through 3.1
References (8)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/07/9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/7/340 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0499680a42141d86417a8fbaa8c8db806bea1201 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a2ef990ab5a6705a356d146dd773a3b359787497 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4915.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4915 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-information-disclosure-about-keyboard-11131 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/571 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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