CVE-2016-5829

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow16 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Linux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 27
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.3 — 3.10.103+8
▶Debianlinux< 4.6.3-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-66jc-9397-h8vf: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-5829: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev↗2016-06-27
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OSV
CVE-2016-5829: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev↗2016-06-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

10
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities↗2016-08-30
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities↗2016-08-30
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities↗2016-08-30
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities↗2016-08-29
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2016-08-29
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5829 kernel: Heap buffer overflow in hiddev driver↗2016-06-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5829 kernel: Heap buffer overflow in hiddev driver [fedora-all]↗2016-06-27
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CVE-2016-5829 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | Multiple heap-based buffer overflow | cvebase.io