CVE-2016-7913

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

16/11/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

The xc2028_set_config function in drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving omission of the firmware name from a certain data structure.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.10.106 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.11 (including)	3.12.70 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.13 (including)	3.18.51 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.19 (including)	4.1.41 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.2 (including)	4.4.65 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.5 (including)	4.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::-:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2016-7913

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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