CVE-2016-5829

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: June 27, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC

4 products affected across 4 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxUbuntu Linux

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux · Canonicalrubygems

95%

12.04 14.04 16.04

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

8.0

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v < 3.2.823.11 ≤ v < 3.12.623.13 ≤ v < 3.14.743.15 ≤ v < 3.16.373.17 ≤ v < 3.18.373.19 ≤ v < 4.1.283.3 ≤ v < 3.10.1034.2 ≤ v < 4.4.164.5 ≤ v < 4.6.5

Affected range stops below 3.10.103, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.12.62, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.14.74, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.16.37, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.18.37, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.2.82, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.1.28, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.4.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.6.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Novell

95%

12 sp1

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references