Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2184

Title: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2016-2184

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Apr 27, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.6 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.19%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2184: The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.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://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/102 http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/88 http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/89 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84340 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 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317012 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39555/ https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.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://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/102 http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/88 http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/89 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84340 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 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317012 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39555/ https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1
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-2016-2184 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39555
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.