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CVE-2015-7566
The clie_5_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause…
Medium4.6EPSS 1.8%
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- redhat
Description
The clie_5_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a bulk-out endpoint.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (27)
- USN-2930-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7566 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 82975 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-2967-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-26e19f042a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cb3232138e37129e88240a98a1d2aba2187ff57c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2930-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283371 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3503 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2967-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-b59fd603be (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1764 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2930-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296466 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20160309 OS-S 2016-09 Linux visor clie_5_attach Nullpointer Dereference CVE-2015-7566 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1707 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1672 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2929-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2932-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-5d43766e33 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2948-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3448 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2929-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 39540 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- USN-2948-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cb3232138e37129e88240a98a1d2aba2187ff57c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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