Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-7566

Title: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2015-7566

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Feb 08, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.6 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.45%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-7566: The clie_5_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a bulk-out endpoint.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cb3232138e37129e88240a98a1d2aba2187ff57c http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.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://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537733/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82975 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283371 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296466 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cb3232138e37129e88240a98a1d2aba2187ff57c https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7566 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39540/ http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cb3232138e37129e88240a98a1d2aba2187ff57c http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.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://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537733/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82975 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283371 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296466 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cb3232138e37129e88240a98a1d2aba2187ff57c https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7566 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39540/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-7566 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39540
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector PHYSICAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.