Medium severity · published May 2, 2016
CVE-2016-3136
The mct_u232_msr_to_state function in drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL…
4.6
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The mct_u232_msr_to_state function in drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.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 USB device without two interrupt-in endpoint descriptors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/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)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
through 4.5.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop · Novell
12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Novell
12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Novell
12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension · Novell
12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3136
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3136
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4e9a0b05257f29cf4b75f3209243ed71614d062e
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
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