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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-2384

Double free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an…

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 3.72%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.72%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Double free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an invalid USB descriptor.

CVSS 3.0
4.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.72% probability · 89th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
linux/linux kernel · novell/suse linux enterprise real time extension
Source
security@debian.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.