CVE-2015-5257
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CVE-2015-5257 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. NOTE: this ID was incorrectly used for an Apache Cordova issue that has the correct ID of CVE-2015-8320.. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. NOTE: this ID was incorrectly used for an Apache Cordova issue that has the correct ID of CVE-2015-8320.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | <= 4.2.3 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265607Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265607Vendor Advisory
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