CVE-2017-16533

The usbhid_parse function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-11-04

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102026
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f043bfc98c193c284e2cd768fefabe18ac2fed9b
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/CxkJ9QZgwlM/O3IOvAaGAwAJ
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/