CVE-2016-4568 (GCVE-0-2016-4568)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-23 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-v4l2.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory write operation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted number of planes in a VIDIOC_DQBUF ioctl call.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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Date Public
2016-05-04 00:00
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