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
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
- 0.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.8% 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
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1690http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3004-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3001-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1696http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324782
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3021-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1764http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3000-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3607http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- www.securityfocus.com91028http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91028
- www.securitytracker.com1036763http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3002-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3021-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160406 Fwd: CVE Request: Linux: usbnet: memory corruption triggered by invalid USB descriptorhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/06/4
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2989-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1
- www.spinics.net[netdev] 20160304 Re: Possible double-free in the usbnet driverhttps://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg367669.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1382http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3003-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2998-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-87.133
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-73.95~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-61.69~14.04.1
- linux-lts-wily Fixed in 4.2.0-38.45~14.04.1
- linux-lts-xenial Fixed in 4.4.0-22.39~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.4.0-22.39
- linux-raspi2 Fixed in 4.4.0-1010.12
- linux-snapdragon Fixed in 4.4.0-1013.14
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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