CVE-2016-2186

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 20
Modified
Published: 02 May 2016, 10:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability +0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 May 2016, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.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 endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 24%

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.5.0

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo

    11.0:sp4

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

    12.0 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching

    12.0

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud

    12.0

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension

    11.0:sp4 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_server

    11.0:extra | 11.0:sp4 | 12.0 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

    11.0:sp4 | 12.0 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension

    12.0 | 12.0:sp1

References (24)