CVE-2016-5829

moderate-risk
Published 2016-06-27

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.

Do I need to act?

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0.12% 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
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Linux Debian Novell Canonical

References (60)

Vendor Advisory http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93a200...
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00027.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2006.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/26/2
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.h...
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.htm...
and 40 more references
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low