CVE-2015-5257

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5257
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-16 11:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptiondrivers/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3372-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-2792-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2795-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2799-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Linux Kernel 'drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
USB: whiteheat: fix potential null-deref at probe · torvalds/linux@cbb4be6 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Vulnerability in WhiteHEAT Linux Driver-CVE-2015-5257 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Bug 1265607 – CVE-2015-5257 kernel: NULL pointer dereference in USB WhiteHEAT serial driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
USN-2794-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2798-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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