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CVE-2017-16530 (GCVE-0-2017-16530)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-04 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:27
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Summary
The uas driver in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to drivers/usb/storage/uas-detect.h and drivers/usb/storage/uas.c.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-11-03 00:00
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