{
    "id": "CVE-2014-7822",
    "published": "2015-03-16 10:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:15:45",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "description": "The implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not enforce a restriction on the maximum size of a single file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted splice system call, as demonstrated by use of a file descriptor associated with an ext4 filesystem.",
    "epss_score": "0.01176",
    "epss_percentile": "0.66742",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-12 18:17:12",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "36743",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 3.13/3.14 (Ubuntu) - 'splice()' System Call Local Denial of Service",
            "date": "2015-04-13",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36743"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0102.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0164.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/117810",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72347",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2541-1",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2542-1",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163792",
        "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36743/",
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html"
    ]
}