CVE-2016-3689

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

0.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 45.6% 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.

Published

2016-05-02 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:03Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-30

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

0654d4f589cdbaefbfd1f2671b3897da6754cde71af62794b85565aa4b34ef95

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• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1690http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971628x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1696http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2970-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securitytracker.com1035441http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035441vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0ad220c96692eda76b2e3fd7279f3dcd1d8a8ffx_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0ad220c96692eda76b2e3fd7279f3dcd1d8a8ffx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2968-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1320060x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2971-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1764http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3000-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2971-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2968-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1382http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160330 Re: CVE request -- linux kernel: crash on invalid USB device descriptors (ims-pcu driver)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/30/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST