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CVE-2016-5829 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2016-5829

HIGH7.8

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev

Published Jun 27, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

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.

References

WEBhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5 ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00027.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html ADVISORYhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2006.html ADVISORYhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html ADVISORYhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/26/2 WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91450 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-2 WEBhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5829

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

7.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJun 27, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024