CVE-2015-5257 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2015-5257?

CVE-2015-5257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Nov 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. NOTE: this ID was incorrectly used for an Apache Cordova issue that has the correct ID of CVE-2015-8320.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5257?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5257?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-5257 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5257 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2015-5275, DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5257, GHSA-v3mg-r9jg-vfg4, MGASA-2015-0435, MGASA-2015-0439, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5257.