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CVE-2016-5829
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-27T10:59:14.393 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:06.447

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.

Affected products

debian — debian_linux

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References

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