VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16538

CVSS score6.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-11-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/lmedm04.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to a missing warm-start check and incorrect attach timing (dm04_lme2510_frontend_attach versus dm04_lme2510_tuner).

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references