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CVE-2015-5257 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cbb4be652d374f64661137756b8f357a1827d6a4 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265607 CVEVendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cbb4be652d374f64661137756b8f357a1827d6a4 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372 CVE
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.4 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
<= 4.2.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5257
NVD Published Date:
Nov 16, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-5257 Details - Not Deferred