CVE-2016-5400

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 4.3
Description
Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5400
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-06T20:59:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-01T01:29:28
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.6.6
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • PHYSICAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.7
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184 Issue Tracking
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5400
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5400
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:41:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:47:11 2016-08-06T20:59Z 2016-08-06T20:59:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:47:11 2017-09-01T01:29:28 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:47:11 Modified Vulnerability Status updated