USB Device Out-of-Bounds Read and System Crash Vulnerability

CVE-2017-16535 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The usb_get_bos_descriptor function in drivers/usb/core/config.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.10 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.

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