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CVE-2015-4004
The OZWPAN driver in the Linux kernel through 4.0.5 relies on an untrusted length field during packet parsing, which allows remote…
- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 8.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The OZWPAN driver in the Linux kernel through 4.0.5 relies on an untrusted length field during packet parsing, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted packet.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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 | 2.0 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- USN-3004-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 74669 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20150513 [PATCH 0/4] ozwpan: Four remote packet-of-death vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3001-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3002-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2989-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150605 Re: CVE Request: Linux Kernel Ozwpan Driver - Remote packet-of-death vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3003-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2998-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-4034 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-4004)Record last updated .