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CVE-2016-3689
The ims_pcu_parse_cdc_data function in drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.59%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The ims_pcu_parse_cdc_data function in drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a USB device without both a master and a slave interface.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 33 days later
· 33 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- USN-2971-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1690 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971628 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1696 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2970-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1035441 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0ad220c96692eda76b2e3fd7279f3dcd1d8a8ff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0ad220c96692eda76b2e3fd7279f3dcd1d8a8ff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2968-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1320060 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2971-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1764 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-3000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2971-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2968-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160330 Re: CVE request -- linux kernel: crash on invalid USB device descriptors (ims-pcu driver) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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