{
    "id": "CVE-2016-2188",
    "published": "2016-05-02 10:59:32",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:43:38",
    "cvss_score": "4.6",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.",
    "epss_score": "0.01814",
    "epss_percentile": "0.78033",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-09 18:17:16",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "novell",
            "product": "suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "novell",
            "product": "suse_linux_enterprise_desktop"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "novell",
            "product": "suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "novell",
            "product": "suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "novell",
            "product": "suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "novell",
            "product": "suse_linux_enterprise_server"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "novell",
            "product": "suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "novell",
            "product": "suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "39556",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 3.10.0-229.x (CentOS / RHEL 7.1) - 'iowarrior' Driver Crash (PoC)",
            "date": "2016-03-14",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39556"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.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/msg00056.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/118",
        "http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/87",
        "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1",
        "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",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317018",
        "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39556/",
        "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html"
    ]
}