CVE-2016-2184 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 1.9% (pctl 80)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 1.95% — more likely to be exploited than 80% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-04-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (10)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| linux | linux kernel |
| novell | suse linux enterprise debuginfo |
| novell | suse linux enterprise desktop |
| novell | suse linux enterprise live patching |
| novell | suse linux enterprise module for public cloud |
| novell | suse linux enterprise real time extension |
| novell | suse linux enterprise server |
| novell | suse linux enterprise software development kit |
| novell | suse linux enterprise workstation extension |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linux Kernel 3.10.0-229.x (CentOS / RHEL 7.1) - 'snd-usb-audio' Crash (PoC) | 2016-03-14 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/102
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/88
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/89
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84340
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3
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