CVE-2016-5400
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5400
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5400.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5400
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-08-06T20:59:02Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Memory leak in the airspyprobe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFLTYPESDR or VFLTYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432