CVE-2017-16533
medium
CVSS v3
6.6
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
6.6
Description
The usbhid_parse function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
65%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16533
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16533.html
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f043bfc98c193c284e2cd768fefabe18ac2fed9b
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.14-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.13.10-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.13.10-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.13.10-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.13.10-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.13.10-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.2.95 | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102026
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f043bfc98c193c284e2cd768fefabe18ac2fed9b
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/CxkJ9QZgwlM/O3IOvAaGAwAJ
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16533.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16533
CWEs
CWE-125
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.