What is CVE-2015-7833?

CVE-2015-7833 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2015-7833 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-7833?

CVE-2015-7833 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-7833?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2015-7833 patch availability.

Is CVE-2015-7833 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-7833 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2015-7833

Medium

The usbvision driver in the Linux kernel package 3.10.0-123.20.1.el7 through 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a nonzero bInterfaceNumber value in a USB device descriptor.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2015-10-19

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-17

CVE-2015-7833 is classified as CWE-17

See CWE-17 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

21 total

Os-S
http://www.os-s.net/advisories/DOS-KernelCrashesOnInvalidUSBDeviceDescriptors-UsbvisionDriver.pdf

Exploit
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536629

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2015-7833

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2015-10-19

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7833?

CVE-2015-7833 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2015-7833 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-7833?

CVE-2015-7833 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-7833?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2015-7833 patch availability.
Is CVE-2015-7833 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2015-7833 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.