CVE-2015-7515 Information

Description

The aiptek_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted USB device that lacks endpoints.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e20cf2bce122ce9262d6034ee5d5b76fbb92f96 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84288 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 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 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1285326 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e20cf2bce122ce9262d6034ee5d5b76fbb92f96 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7515 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39544/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.6