CVE-2016-2782 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-2782

The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before...

Vulnerability Description

The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a (1) bulk-in or (2) interrupt-in endpoint.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, linux enterprise debuginfo, linux enterprise module for public cloud, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise real time extension, linux enterprise server, linux enterprise software development kit, linux enterprise workstation extension
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.5.0, 11, 12

Timeline

Official Publish: April 27th, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.