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CVE-2016-3137

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3137 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically versions prior to 4.5.1, impacting products from Canonical and Novell. A physically proximate attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and system crash by connecting a specially crafted USB device lacking both interrupt-in and interrupt-out endpoint descriptors. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low attack complexity with no user interaction required, but it necessitates physical access to the affected system. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.6MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0055 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 1,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: realtime-kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3137Low

kernel: Crash on invalid USB device descriptors (cypress_m8 driver)

Mar 9, 2016

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/c55aee1bf0e6b6feec8b2927b43f7a09a6d5f754
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3607
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/14/3
securityfocus.com / bid/84300
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2968-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2968-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2970-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2971-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2971-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2971-3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2996-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2997-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3000-1