CVE-2016-2188

mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.81% (79th) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

22 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference 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)

v3.14.6mediumAV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-476US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-39556Linux Kernel 3.10.0-229.x (CentOS / RHEL 7.1) - 'iowarrior' Driver Crash (PoC)PoC · exploit_db

affected products (22)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.5 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux4.0 → 4.1.39fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux4.10.0 → 4.10.3fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux4.2 → 4.4.54fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux4.5 → 4.9.15fstec_bduRU
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-05-02modified 2026-06-17

references (69)

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