CVE-2016-2188

Public Exploit

Description

The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.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.

4.6

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.34%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39556/	exploit
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/87	mailing list third party advisory vdb entry exploit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317018	third party advisory vdb entry issue tracking
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html	vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0	vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/118	mailing list third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2188?: CVE-2016-2188 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-2188?: To fix CVE-2016-2188, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-2188 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2016-2188 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.