CVE-2015-7566
The clie_5_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system
02 Description
The clie_5_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-02-08 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8ae75bbe1991870b0f98e098662f3226ba43c4815d81e7607e9c6cbcfb95fb70
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7566
- www.securityfocus.com82975http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82975
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2967-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-26e19f042ahttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cb3232138e37129e88240a98a1d2aba2187ff57c
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283371
- www.debian.orgDSA-3503http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2967-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-b59fd603behttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1764http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296466
- www.securityfocus.com20160309 OS-S 2016-09 Linux visor clie_5_attach Nullpointer Dereference CVE-2015-7566http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537733/100/0/threaded
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1707http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1672http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2929-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2932-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-5d43766e33http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2074http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2948-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3448http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2929-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2
- www.exploit-db.com39540https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39540/
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2948-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cb3232138e37129e88240a98a1d2aba2187ff57c
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.3.3-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.3.3-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.3.3-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-83.127
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-69.89~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-56.62~14.04.1
- linux-lts-wily Fixed in 4.2.0-34.39~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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