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CVE-2015-5257

Date: November 16, 2015

drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. NOTE: this ID was incorrectly used for an Apache Cordova issue that has the correct ID of CVE-2015-8320.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (17)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5257
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5257
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76834
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cbb4be652d374f64661137756b8f357a1827d6a4
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5257
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2792-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2795-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/23/1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2794-1
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cbb4be652d374f64661137756b8f357a1827d6a4
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2799-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2798-1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5257
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265607
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.4
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5257

Severity Score

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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