Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2015-5257
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (36.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76834 (vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2792-1 (vendor-advisory)
- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2794-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2799-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2795-1 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cbb4be652d374f64661137756b8f357a1827d6a4 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.4
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5257?
- CVE-2015-5257 is a vulnerability in Linux Kernel. Published 2015-11-16.
- Is CVE-2015-5257 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.