CVE-2017-16531

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

04/11/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

drivers/usb/core/config.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to the USB_DT_INTERFACE_ASSOCIATION descriptor.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 6.60 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

6.60

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.2.95 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.16.75 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.17 (including)	3.18.75 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.19 (including)	4.1.46 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.2 (including)	4.4.92 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.5 (including)	4.9.55 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.10 (including)	4.13.6 (excluding)

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

CVE-2017-16531

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools