01 Record

CVE-2016-3951

Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified

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: 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.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-05-02 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-04-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

18be0f5c012bf057a549ea5de73b448ae745feeab01e47c89a63134da49a876a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—

novellsuse_linux_enterprise_desktopNot specified—

novellsuse_linux_enterprise_live_patchingNot specified—

novellsuse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloudNot specified—

novellsuse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extensionNot specified—

novellsuse_linux_enterprise_serverNot specified—

novellsuse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kitNot specified—

novellsuse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extensionNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_mrgNot specified—

susesuse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kitNot specified—

06 References

lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1690http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.ubuntu.comUSN-3004-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.ubuntu.comUSN-3001-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1696http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324782x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.ubuntu.comUSN-3021-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64bx_refsource_CONFIRM
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.debian.orgDSA-3607http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.securityfocus.com91028http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91028vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securitytracker.com1036763http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.ubuntu.comUSN-3002-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.ubuntu.comUSN-3021-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160406 Fwd: CVE Request: Linux: usbnet: memory corruption triggered by invalid USB descriptorhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/06/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64bx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.ubuntu.comUSN-2989-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.spinics.net[netdev] 20160304 Re: Possible double-free in the usbnet driverhttps://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg367669.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1382http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.ubuntu.comUSN-3003-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.ubuntu.comUSN-2998-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

01 Record index

CVE-2016-3951

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2016-3951

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References