CVE-2016-5400 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-5400 PUBLISHED

Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.

EPSS 0.08% · 24.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.08%

24.0th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-snapdragon	4.4.0-1013.15, 4.4.0-1013.14, 4.4.0-1012.12
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-raspi2	4.4.0-1004.5, 4.4.0-1003.4, 4.3.0-1006.6
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux	4.4.0-10.25, 0, 4.2.0-16.19
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-xenial	4.4.0-28.47~14.04.1, 4.4.0-31.50~14.04.1, 4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-vivid	3.19.0-30.34~14.04.1, 3.19.0-51.58~14.04.1, 3.19.0-56.62~14.04.1

Timeline

Aug 6, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5400 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3070-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3070-4 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3070-3 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3070-2 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5400 third-party-advisory

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