Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-3137

Title: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-3137.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date May 02, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.6 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.02%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-3137: drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a USB device without both an interrupt-in and an interrupt-out endpoint descriptor, related to the cypress_generic_port_probe and cypress_open functions.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c55aee1bf0e6b6feec8b2927b43f7a09a6d5f754 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.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/msg00056.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-3607 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/14/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84300 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2 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 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1316996 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c55aee1bf0e6b6feec8b2927b43f7a09a6d5f754 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c55aee1bf0e6b6feec8b2927b43f7a09a6d5f754 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.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/msg00056.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-3607 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/14/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84300 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2 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 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1316996 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c55aee1bf0e6b6feec8b2927b43f7a09a6d5f754
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-2016-3137 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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.