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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-2184

CVE-2016-2184

MEDIUM4.6

The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks

Published Apr 27, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References(28)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html

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

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

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

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

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

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/102

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/88

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/89

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84340

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317012

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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

PublishedApr 27, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2016-2184 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence