CVE-2015-5257

2015-09-2400:00:00

ubuntu.com

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

61.6%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1499606>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support
seth-arnold	‘low’ since it requires customized usb hardware and physical access

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux< 3.2.0-93.133UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< 3.13.0-67.110UNKNOWN
ubuntu15.04noarchlinux< 3.19.0-32.37UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-armadaxp< 3.2.0-1659.83UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-trusty< 3.13.0-67.110~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-vivid< 3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-ti-omap4< 3.2.0-1473.95UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux	< 3.2.0-93.133	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-67.110	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	15.04	noarch	linux	< 3.19.0-32.37	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-armadaxp	< 3.2.0-1659.83	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-trusty	< 3.13.0-67.110~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-utopic	< 3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-vivid	< 3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-ti-omap4	< 3.2.0-1473.95	UNKNOWN