CVE-2017-16649

HIGH

Description

The usbnet_generic_cdc_bind function in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101761

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/0e0gmaX9R0g/9Me9JcY2BQAJ

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

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/834771/

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

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

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

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

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

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-11-07

Updated: 2018-11-28

Type: CWE-369

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

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 v3.0

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