CVE-2016-3689 (GCVE-0-2016-3689)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-02 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The ims_pcu_parse_cdc_data function in drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a USB device without both a master and a slave interface.
Severity
4.6 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
18 references
Date Public
2016-03-30 00:00
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Nomenclature
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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