CVE-2016-5400
Airspy USB Driver Memory Leak Denial of Service
Description
Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 6, 2016, 8:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 1, 2017, 1:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
0.7
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-5400 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-5400 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 11, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848 No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848 Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848 No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848 Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184 Issue Tracking Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 10, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-5400 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-5400
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile