UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5257

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5257

    Published: 24 Sept 2015Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5257
    Aliases:
    USN-2792-1
    USN-2794-1
    USN-2795-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5257, https://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=144303376328355, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2794-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2792-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2795-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2799-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2796-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2798-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2797-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5257

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-67.110

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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