Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2016-3136

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference24 documents10 sources
Severity
4.6MEDIUM
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
9
Linux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxNovell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop+6 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 2
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The mct_u232_msr_to_state function in drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted USB device without two interrupt-in endpoint descriptors.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

▶Debianlinux< 4.5.1-1+3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-8w82-whc6-r426: The mct_u232_msr_to_state function in drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-3136: The mct_u232_msr_to_state function in drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232↗2016-05-02
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CVEList
CVE-2016-3136: The mct_u232_msr_to_state function in drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232↗2016-05-02
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Kernel
USB: mct_u232: add sanity checking in probe↗2016-03-31
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Linux Kernel 3.10.0 (CentOS / RHEL 7.1) - 'mct_u232' Nullpointer Dereference↗2016-03-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

15
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities↗2016-06-10
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2016-06-10
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities↗2016-06-10
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities↗2016-05-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2016-05-09
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3138 CVE-2016-3139 CVE-2016-3140 CVE-2016-3137 CVE-2016-3136 CVE-2016-2184 CVE-2016-2185 CVE-2016-2186 CVE-2016-2187 CVE-2016-2188 kernel: various crashes on invalid usb device descriptors [f↗2016-03-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3136 kernel: Crash on invalid USB device descriptors (mct_u232 driver)↗2016-03-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3136 Local RedHat Enterprise Linux DoS – RHEL 7.1 Kernel crashes on invalid USB device descriptors (mct_u232 driver) [local-DoS]↗2015-11-18
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