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CVE-2017-16537

medium

Description

The imon_probe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

References

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9994017/

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/bBFN8imrjjo/-5jCl8EiCQAJ

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

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-04

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00019