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High
CVE-2016-5829
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c...
Vulnerability Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.
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.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91450
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00027.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2006.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/26/2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
8.0, 0, 3.3, 3.11, 3.13, 3.15, 3.17, 3.19, 4.2, 4.5, 12, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 27th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.