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CVE-2015-5257

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. NOTE: this ID was incorrectly used for an Apache Cordova issue that has the correct ID of CVE-2015-8320.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:4.2.1-1CVE-2015-5257
Fixed in:4.2.1-1CVE-2015-5257
Fixed in:4.2.1-1CVE-2015-5257
Fixed in:4.2.1-1CVE-2015-5257
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-67.110USN-2794-1
linux-image-3.13.0-67-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-67.110USN-2794-1
linux-image-3.13.0-67-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-67.110USN-2794-1
linux-image-3.13.0-67-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-67.110USN-2794-1
linux-image-3.13.0-67-powerpc-e500Ubuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-67.110USN-2794-1
linux-image-3.13.0-67-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-67.110USN-2794-1
linux-image-3.13.0-67-powerpc-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-67.110USN-2794-1
linux-image-3.13.0-67-powerpc64-embUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-67.110USN-2794-1
linux-image-3.13.0-67-powerpc64-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-67.110USN-2794-1
linux-image-3.16.0-52-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1USN-2797-1
linux-image-3.16.0-52-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1USN-2797-1
linux-image-3.16.0-52-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1USN-2797-1
linux-image-3.16.0-52-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1USN-2797-1
linux-image-3.16.0-52-powerpc-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1USN-2797-1
linux-image-3.16.0-52-powerpc64-embUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1USN-2797-1
linux-image-3.16.0-52-powerpc64-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1USN-2797-1
linux-image-3.19.0-32-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1USN-2798-1
linux-image-3.19.0-32-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1USN-2798-1
linux-image-3.19.0-32-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1USN-2798-1
linux-image-3.19.0-32-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu
Fixed in:3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1USN-2798-1
linux-image-3.19.0-32-powerpc-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1USN-2798-1
linux-image-3.19.0-32-powerpc64-embUbuntu
Fixed in:3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1USN-2798-1
linux-image-3.19.0-32-powerpc64-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1USN-2798-1
linux-lts-utopicUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1USN-2797-1
linux-lts-vividUbuntu
Fixed in:3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1USN-2798-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days
36thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 36% of all known CVEs.

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