Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Physical
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CVE-2016-2184

Disclosure Date: April 27, 2016
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Description

The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
4.6 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
0.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Physical
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • linux,
  • novell

Products

  • linux kernel,
  • suse linux enterprise debuginfo 11.0,
  • suse linux enterprise desktop 12.0,
  • suse linux enterprise live patching 12.0,
  • suse linux enterprise module for public cloud 12.0,
  • suse linux enterprise real time extension 11.0,
  • suse linux enterprise real time extension 12.0,
  • suse linux enterprise server 11.0,
  • suse linux enterprise server 12.0,
  • suse linux enterprise software development kit 11.0,
  • suse linux enterprise software development kit 12.0,
  • suse linux enterprise workstation extension 12.0,
  • ubuntu linux 12.04

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