Attacker Value
Unknown
CVE-2016-5829
CVE-2016-5829
(Last updated October 05, 2023) ▾
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Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.
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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High
General Information
Vendors
- canonical,
- debian,
- linux,
- novell
Products
- debian linux 8.0,
- linux kernel,
- suse linux enterprise real time extension 12,
- ubuntu linux 12.04,
- ubuntu linux 14.04,
- ubuntu linux 16.04
References
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