CVE-2016-2782

Exp

The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a (1) bulk-in or (2) interrupt-in endpoint.

Published: 2016-04-27 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-2782 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.65%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.18% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-2782

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
39539 exploit_db edb 2016-03-09 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-2782

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.47% 1.65% +1.18%
2 2025-07-28 0.22% 0.47% +0.25%
3 2025-07-09 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-2782

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:P)
Hands-on access—USB, keyboard, opening the case—not something you do purely over the wire.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.9 3.6 [email protected]
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-2782

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-2782

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-2782 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2782
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2782
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-2782 medium priority: Ubuntu including 99 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 828 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 549, not-affected 137, released 109, ignored 33. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2782

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-2782

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel < 4.5.0 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 4.5.0 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud 12 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-2782

URL Tags
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cac9b50b0d75a1d50d6c056ff65c005f3224c8e0 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312670 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cac9b50b0d75a1d50d6c056ff65c005f3224c8e0 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39539/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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