- Description
- The lcd_write function in drivers/usb/misc/usblcd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22-rc7 does not limit the amount of memory used by a caller, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Deferred
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.9
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
- Red HatThis issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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