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 Products (15)
References (46)
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324782
and 26 more references
34
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
18/34 · Moderate