CVE-2017-16644

medium

Description

The hdpvr_probe function in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (improper error handling and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101842

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/ngC5SLvxPm4/gduhCARhAwAJ

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9966135/

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-11-07

Updated: 2018-08-24

Type: CWE-388

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