What is CVE-2016-2184?

CVE-2016-2184 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10. CVE-2016-2184 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-2184?

CVE-2016-2184 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-2184?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2016-2184 patch availability.

Is CVE-2016-2184 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-2184 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2016-2184

Medium

The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2016-04-27

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

4.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

27 total

Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be

Vendor Advisory
GitHub
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be

Vendor Advisory
Kernel.org
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1

Vendor Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2016-2184

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.6 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2016-04-27

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2184?

CVE-2016-2184 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10 . CVE-2016-2184 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-2184?

CVE-2016-2184 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-2184?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2016-2184 patch availability.
Is CVE-2016-2184 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2016-2184 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.