CVE-2016-7915
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7915
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7915.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7915
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-11-16T05:59:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The hidinputfield function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by connecting a device, as demonstrated by a Logitech DJ receiver.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f