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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-5400

Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 0.37%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.

CVSS 3.0
4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.37% probability · 31th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
linux/linux kernel
Source
secalert@redhat.com

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