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CVE-2016-7915
The hid_input_field function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.9%
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- google_android
Description
The hid_input_field function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by connecting a device, as demonstrated by a Logitech DJ receiver.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2574 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94138 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
Record last updated .