CVE-2017-16531

medium

Description

drivers/usb/core/config.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to the USB_DT_INTERFACE_ASSOCIATION descriptor.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102025

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd7a3fe770ebd8391d1c7d072ff88e9e76d063eb

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/hP6L-m59m_8/Co2ouWeFAwAJ

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-11-04

Updated: 2018-08-24

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 0.7

Severity: MEDIUM