CVE-2017-16525 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2017-16525?

CVE-2017-16525 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 4 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The usb_serial_console_disconnect function in drivers/usb/serial/console.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to disconnection and failed setup.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16525?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-16525?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2017-16525 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16525 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16525, GHSA-5cfc-cp57-xp2m, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16525.