CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-16537

6.6 MEDIUM Published 2017-11-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-11-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

The imon_probe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.13.7)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References