7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2016-7912

Published: 16/11/2016 Updated: 19/01/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 829
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ffs_user_copy_worker function in drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.5.3 allows local users to gain privileges by accessing an I/O data structure after a certain callback call.

Vulnerability Trend

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #770492 linux-image-3160-4-686-pae: chown removes securitycapability xattr on other users' files (CVE-2015-1350) Package: src:linux; Maintainer for src:linux is Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@listsdebianorg>; Affects: wireshark-common, iputils-ping, fping Reported by: Ben Harris <bjh21@cama ...
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ffs_user_copy_worker function in drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fsc in the Linux kernel before 453 allows local users to gain privileges by accessing an I/O data structure after a certain callback call Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is unli ...