Buffer overflow in the USB Gadget RNDIS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kmalloc'd memory corruption) via a remote NDIS response to OID_GEN_SUPPORTED_LIST, which causes memory to be allocated for the reply data but not the reply structure
Published Mar 23, 2006
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.15%
Description
Buffer overflow in the USB Gadget RNDIS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kmalloc'd memory corruption) via a remote NDIS response to OID_GEN_SUPPORTED_LIST, which causes memory to be allocated for the reply data but not the reply structure.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.6.15
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.15% (0.06151) | 93.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.01% (0.06010) | 92.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 3.10% (0.03102) | 86.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 2.04% (0.02040) | 81.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.91% (0.03911) | 87.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 6.16% (0.06158) | 93.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 11.43% (0.11431) | 95.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 93.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 16, 2023 | 6.73% (0.06725) | 92.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 19, 2023 | 5.53% (0.05533) | 92.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2023 | 4.48% (0.04478) | 91.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.34% (0.03343) | 89.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19330 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20671 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21045 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1097 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8763716bfe4d8a16bef28c9947cf9d799b1796a5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17831 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1046 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Change history (0)
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