CVE-2016-2186

The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 54th percentile

Published

2016-05-02

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/85

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-2185
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