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Medium severity · published May 2, 2016
CVE-2016-3951
Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly…
4.6
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device with an invalid USB descriptor.
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)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.5.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop · Novell
12; 12 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud · Novell
12 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Novell
12 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Novell
12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Suse
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; 15.10 · source: NVD
Affected product
KE
Kernel
Linux
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3951
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3951
Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b
Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
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