CVE-2015-0573 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2015-0573?

CVE-2015-0573 is a critical vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Aug 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

drivers/media/platform/msm/broadcast/tsc.c in the TSC driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes a TSC_GET_CARD_STATUS ioctl call.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0573?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0573?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0573 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-0573 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0573 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-525m-66c5-wjmh.