CVE-2016-2184

mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.95% (80th) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.9mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.9

v3.04.6mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.9 · impact 3.6

v3.04.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-415USLLM-inferredCWE-476USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-39555Linux Kernel 3.10.0-229.x (CentOS / RHEL 7.1) - 'snd-usb-audio' Crash (PoC)PoC · exploit_db

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 12.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel≤ 4.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise debuginfo= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise desktop= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise live patching= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise module for public cloud= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise real time extension= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise real time extension= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise server= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise server= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise software development kit= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise software development kit= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise workstation extension= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-04-27modified 2026-06-17

references (81)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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