CVE-2016-3951

moderate-risk
Published 2016-05-02

Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device with an invalid USB descriptor.

Do I need to act?

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0.04% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.6/10 Medium
PHYSICAL / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

34
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate