High severity · published Jun 27, 2016
CVE-2016-5829
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 3.2.82; 3.3 before 3.10.103; 3.11 before 3.12.62; 3.13 before 3.14.74; 3.15 before 3.16.37; 3.17 before 3.18.37; +3 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Novell
12 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5829
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5829
Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00027.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html
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