Is CVE-2016-5829 being actively exploited?

It is not currently in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploitation probability is 0%.

What products does CVE-2016-5829 affect?

Tracked products affected include Ubuntu. Check the version you run to see whether it is affected.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5829?

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Upgrade affected products to a fixed version.

CVE-2016-5829

Q: What is CVE-2016-5829?

CVE-2016-5829 is a high-severity software vulnerability (Memory corruption) with a CVSS score of 7.8. Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Memory corruption

7.8CVSS HIGH

Summary

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredLow

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)0%

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Ubuntu

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

NVD record
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00027.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.htmlAdvisory