CVE-2016-2782
The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or
02 Description
The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or
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
- 1.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.0% 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:3.1/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
- 2016-04-27 17:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-02-28
- 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
- 2259a84b759cf9abda3a41ea3c721b86f2a2965e44fe3f0b15afd22887683a99
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1690http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2967-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cac9b50b0d75a1d50d6c056ff65c005f3224c8e0
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cac9b50b0d75a1d50d6c056ff65c005f3224c8e0
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2
- www.exploit-db.com39539https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39539/
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2967-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
- 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
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160228 Re: CVE request -- linux kernel: visor: crash on invalid USB device descriptors in treo_attach() in visor driverhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/9
- 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
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1019http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.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.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
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312670
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2929-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2948-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
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.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-gkeop No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-azure-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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