CVE-2015-7833

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    CVE-2015-7833

    Published: 19 Oct 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The usbvision driver in the Linux kernel package 3.10.0-123.20.1.el7 through 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a nonzero bInterfaceNumber value in a USB device descriptor.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3426, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536629, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2, http://www.os-s.net/advisories/DOS-KernelCrashesOnInvalidUSBDeviceDescriptors-UsbvisionDriver.pdf, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536629, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201858, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77030, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034452

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High