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CVSSv2

CVE-2016-7915

Published: 16/11/2016 Updated: 05/01/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 384
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Vulnerability Summary

The hid_input_field function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.6 allows physically proximate malicious users 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.

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Red Hat: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Debian CVElist Bug Report Logs: linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae: chown removes security.capability xattr on other users' files (CVE-2015-1350)
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 ...
Red Hat: CVE-2016-7915
The hid_input_field() function in 'drivers/hid/hid-corec' in the Linux kernel before 46 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 ...

References

CWE-125http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3fhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3fhttp://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574https://nvd.nist.govhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-7915
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