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CVE-2016-2188

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Date: May 2, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.6

Related Resources (28)

Url: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/118

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2188

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html

Url: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/87

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2188

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2188

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39556/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2188

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317018

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2188

Severity Score

4.6

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.6
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

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2016-2188

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Date: May 2, 2016

Language: C

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