Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-3951

Title: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-3951.

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)
0.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-3951: Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device with an invalid USB descriptor.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.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/2016-07/msg00005.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/06/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91028 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324782 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274 https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg367669.html http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.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/2016-07/msg00005.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/06/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91028 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324782 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274 https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg367669.html
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-2016-3951 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.