CVE-2016-3136: canonical ubuntu_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-3136 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 12Timeline
- 02-05-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.6MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated4.6MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.80%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
78%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.80% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundLinux Kernel 3.10.0 (CentOS / RHEL 7.1) - 'mct_u232' Nullpointer Dereference
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Novell7 products
- suse_linux_enterprise_desktop12.0 | 12.0:sp1
- suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching12.0
- suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud12.0
- suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension12.0:sp1
- suse_linux_enterprise_serverEOL12.0 | 12.0:sp1
Ubuntu7 products
- linux< 3.13.0-86.130 | < 4.4.0-22.39
- linux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-73.95~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid< 3.19.0-59.65~14.04.1
- linux-lts-wily< 4.2.0-36.41~14.04.1
- linux-lts-xenial< 4.4.0-22.39~14.04.1
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL12.04 | 14.04
Debian1 product
- linux< 4.5.1-1
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≤ 4.5.0
5 vendors · 17 products
References
39 links- git.kernel.org/cgit/…X Refsource CONFIRM
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4e9a0b05257f29cf4b75f3209243ed71614d062eX Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 39 references
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317007X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1X Refsource CONFIRM