CVE-2015-7833

Summary

CVECVE-2015-7833
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-19 10:59:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe usbvision driver in the Linux kernel package 3.10.0-123.20.1.el7 through 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a nonzero bInterfaceNumber value in a USB device descriptor.

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: CWE-17 | 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 Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2947-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2929-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel usbvision Driver Bug Lets Local Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
USN-2932-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3396-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-2947-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.os-s.net Exploit
USN-2929-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 'USB Device Descriptor' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2184-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2967-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2947-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2948-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3426-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2967-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2948-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1985-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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