CVE-2016-20022 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel before 4.8, usb_parse_endpoint in drivers/usb/core/config.c does not validate the wMaxPacketSize field of an endpoint descriptor. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the supplier.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aed9d65ac3278d4febd8665bd7db59ef53e825fe
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1486322541-8206-8-git-send-email-w%401wt.eu/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20022
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20022
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg144177.html

History

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-125
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-13T17:18:45.868Z

Reserved: 2024-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-20022

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:47:35.052Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-06-27T23:15:50.127

Modified: 2025-03-13T18:15:35.470

Link: CVE-2016-20022

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-06-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-20022 - Bugzilla

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