VDB
CVE-2016-4482
CVE-2016-4482
PUBLISHED
The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted USBDEVFS_CONNECTINFO ioctl call.
EPSS 0.03% · 8.0th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.03%
8.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 6.8.0-60.63.1, 6.8.0-59.61.1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-utopic | 3.16.0-37.49~14.04.1, *, 3.16.0-34.47~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.11 | 6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1014.14~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 0, 6.8.1-1015.16 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-hwe | *, *, 5.3.0-72.68 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.13.0-1004.4, 5.15.0-1019.22, 5.15.0-1018.21 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 5.15.0-1032.35, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.4.0-24.28, 5.4.0-26.30, 5.4.0-28.32 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.4.0-1095.102, 5.4.0-1052.55, 5.4.0-1096.103 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.13.0-37.64, 3.13.0-46.77, 3.13.0-46.75 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.4.0-1074.77+cvm1.1, 0, 5.4.0-1063.66+cvm2.2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux | 4.4.0-16.32, 4.4.0-10.25, 4.4.0-8.23 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 4.15.0-1008.8, 4.15.0-1009.9, 4.15.0-1010.10 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-hwe-edge | 5.3.0-19.20~18.04.2, 0, 5.0.0-15.16~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 5.4.0-1006.6, 0, 5.3.0-1007.8 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-xenial | 4.4.0-24.43~14.04.1, 0, 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1013.14, 4.4.0-1013.15, 4.4.0-1012.12 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-wily | *, 4.2.0-36.42~14.04.1, 4.2.0-21.25~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-azure | 4.15.0-1030.31, 5.0.0-1023.24~18.04.1, 5.0.0-1022.23~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 0, 3.19.0-20.20~14.04.1, 3.19.0-21.21~14.04.1 |
…and 8 more
Exploit Intelligence
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46006 (certbund)
Timeline
- May 9, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4482 third-party-advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg140243.html third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/6 third-party-advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git/commit/?h=usb-next&id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3016-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3016-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3017-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3017-3 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3016-3 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3016-4 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3017-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3020-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3018-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3018-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3019-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3021-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3021-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4482 third-party-advisory