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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-2188

CVE-2016-2188

MEDIUM4.6

The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior

Published May 2, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

References

WEBhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0 ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html WEBhttp://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/118 WEBhttp://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/87 WEBhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317018 WEBhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2188 DETECTIONhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39556/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

4.6

Exploitability

Attack Vector

PhysicalAV:P

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 2, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2016-2188 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence