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CVE-2016-5829

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Date: June 27, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (35)

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00027.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91450

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5829

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2006.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/26/2

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5829

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5829

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5829

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-2

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-5829

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2016-5829

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Date: June 27, 2016

Language: C

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