CVE-2018-16276
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
An issue was discovered in yurex_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7. Local attackers could use user access read/writes with incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 7.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.44%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 36
- Score date: 10/9/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-787
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106095
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115593
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106095
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115593
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
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