CVE-2016-2188 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically within the iowarrior driver (iowarrior.c) in versions prior to 4.5.1, impacting distributions like Canonical and Novell. A physically proximate attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and system crash by presenting a specially crafted USB device descriptor with a malicious 'endpoints' value. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, but necessitates physical access to the affected system. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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