Medium severity · published Apr 27, 2016
CVE-2016-2782
The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference…
4.6
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a (1) bulk-in or (2) interrupt-in endpoint.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 4.5.0; 4.5.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Debuginfo · Suse
11; 11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
12; 12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud · Suse
12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Suse
11; 12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
11; 11; 12; 12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Suse
11; 12; 12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension · Suse
12; 12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2782
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2782
Issue Tracking
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cac9b50b0d75a1d50d6c056ff65c005f3224c8e0
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
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